This is a collection of documents from White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File categories and the Staff and Office Files documenting the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing from April 14 to June 4th, 1989, and responses from the Chinese government, the American people, and the Bush White House.
Items include public mail, memoranda, reports, cables, meeting notes, and news clippings. Topics covered include U.S.-China relations in the post-Cold War Era, the significance of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations, China’s human rights issues, and resumption of World Bank loans to China in July 1990. Individual documents may be classified or unprocessed due to national security or privacy restrictions, with itemized withdrawal/redaction sheets.
Of interest to students and scholars of East Asian studies, American studies, international relations, political science, government, legal studies, media studies, economics, and history.