About the Speaker

Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.

Slides for Classroom Use

Tiananmen, 1989 Prelude, Process, Legacy – Presentation PDF [2 MB]

Teaching Guide

Outline & Key Points for Teachers

Additional Resources from the Presenter

Politics Reform at the Crossroad 1988 [PDF]
By Andrew J. Nathan based on his experience in China in 1988. China Briefing, 1989 (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989, in conjunction with the China Council of the Asia Society.)

Background Reading and Classroom Material

Asia by Era Resources – China: 1950, Tiananmen Square Demonstrations, 1989 [AFE]
A range of materials are available in this section of Asia by Era.

Recommended Books and Articles

Chinese Democracy [University of California Press]
By Andrew Nathan. 1986

The Tiananmen Paper [Hachett Book Group]
Edited by Zhang Liang, Andrew Nathan, Perry Link, and Orville Shell. 2001

The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited [Oxford University Press]
By Louisa Lim. 2014

First Person Accounts by Student Participants

Tiananmen, 1989: Our Shattered Hopes [Penguin]
Graphic novel by Lun Zhang and Adrien Gombeaud, illustrated by Ameziane. Freeman Book Award, Honorable Mention, Young Adult-High School, 2020

Moving the Mountain: My Life in China from the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square [Macmillan]
By Li Lu. 1990

Almost a Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student’s Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square [University of Michigan Press]
By Tong Shen. 1998