Posts Categorized: Chapter 12

Profile of Fang Lizhi

A new face of Chinese dissidence emerged in the mid 1980s in Beijing, an Astrophysics professor named Fang Lizhi. With his physics background, the Western press dubbed Fang, “China’s Sakharov.” At a speech at Beijing University in November 1985, Fang urged the students in the audience to: “…be open to different ways of thinking…and willing to… Read more »

From Rural Reform to Urban Unrest

In the first few years under Deng’s leadership China’s rural areas made great strides, but rising prices led to unrest in urban areas. Corruption, primarily in the form of bribes, became an increasing part of everyday life.

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