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...very outset this time, the movement was well organized and the students did not harbor any intention to tear apart the Communist Party." Another positive sign, he says, is that the "students' demands conformed with the wishes and will of the broad masses, especially the calls for a crackdown on corrupt officials...
Then at 10 a.m. the government announced that all satellite dishes operated by foreign television networks would be shut off. Viewers around the world watched in amazement as the minutes ticked by, concerned that as soon as the plug was pulled, the crackdown would begin. By noon Saturday in Beijing, all live broadcasts had ceased...
Veteran street performer Mark Farneth refrains from criticizing the police. Instead, he pins blame on a fellow juggler. "A while ago, he fell off his unicycle and broke a window," Farneth says. He says the failure to clear up the matter quickly with the storeowner led to a crackdown on all street entertainment...
...unthinkable happened. So many officials disagreed with Deng's directive to smash the protest that he was forced to rescind it. Some 100 staff members at the People's Daily signed a letter to their bosses challenging the paper's harsh editorial. Within the party, opposition to a crackdown was no less vehement. "The real dissatisfaction of the cadres was made known to Li shortly after the editorial was presented," said a knowledgeable Communist Party member. "They feared that if the leaders suppressed the demonstration and blood was shed, it would be like a big fire that would burn...
...workers join the campaign for political reform, the government backs away from a threatened crackdown. -- Gorbachev purges 74 "dead souls" from the Central Committee. -- After a Prime Minister's downfall and a loyal aide's suicide, Japan ponders what's next. -- U.S. policy remains adrift as Washington predicts a rigged election in Panama...