Many intellectuals, especially college students and young people were looking forward to China’s new era change and expecting democracy. On June fourth of 1989, people protested in Tiananmen Square. Deng Xiaoping had two choices either to give the people what they expected or not. Although egalitarianism was much weakened compared to Mao’s era, the very central of the party of still be exclusive and egalitarianism still exist. The death of Hu Yaobang triggered the entire incident. People were unhappy at how the politics work inside the party and feel distant from it. Instead of granting the people what they ask for, Deng decided to take a firm action toward the protesters. By declaring Martial Law, controlling the media, and punishing the participants, Deng made it clear that economic reform did not equal to automatic democracy. Deng was sticking to the principles of the centralized government. The past failures in history, and the resemblance of the protesters to the mass in the Cultural Revolution might have been Deng’s concern. He did not believe China should be lead by the masses, because from past experiences it went out of control and created a disaster. From this day, the party’s position in making sure everyone follows the central’s plan became natural. This was nothing different compared to Mao’s era. At stages where democracy was thought to be granted to the public was again never
Many intellectuals, especially college students and young people were looking forward to China’s new era change and expecting democracy. On June fourth of 1989, people protested in Tiananmen Square. Deng Xiaoping had two choices either to give the people what they expected or not. Although egalitarianism was much weakened compared to Mao’s era, the very central of the party of still be exclusive and egalitarianism still exist. The death of Hu Yaobang triggered the entire incident. People were unhappy at how the politics work inside the party and feel distant from it. Instead of granting the people what they ask for, Deng decided to take a firm action toward the protesters. By declaring Martial Law, controlling the media, and punishing the participants, Deng made it clear that economic reform did not equal to automatic democracy. Deng was sticking to the principles of the centralized government. The past failures in history, and the resemblance of the protesters to the mass in the Cultural Revolution might have been Deng’s concern. He did not believe China should be lead by the masses, because from past experiences it went out of control and created a disaster. From this day, the party’s position in making sure everyone follows the central’s plan became natural. This was nothing different compared to Mao’s era. At stages where democracy was thought to be granted to the public was again never