The authorities blame this social unrest on "conspiracy by hostile forces within and outside China" to "negate the Deng Xiaoping line and to strive for the rehabilitation of the "June 4 Incident" - as they call the Tienanmin Square massacre.
Political pretexts are being used to try to crackdown on economic struggles. Unemployed and without an income, growing numbers of Chinese workers are taking to the streets to fight for their basic rights.* Notes 1 Wen Hui Bao, 25 April 1997. 2 People's Daily, 21 April 1997. 3 Wen Hui Bao, 31 May 1997. 4 Ming Pao, 19 July 1997. 5 NCNA, 28 May 1997. 6 People's Daily, 4 January 1997. 7 Ming Pao, 8 August 1997. 8 A fing Pao, 22 July 1997. 9 / Far Eastern Economic Review 26 June 1997. 10 • Ming Pao, 21 June 1997. 11 i Ming Pao, 6 August 1997. S fong Kong. E-mail <[email protected]> tong Kong. Ber Keview Vol.24 N°4. # GPO Box 10144, ource: October Review Vol.24 N°4. - GPO Box 10144
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