The years from 1928 to 1937 are known as the Nationalist era in Chinese history. ... On June 3 and 4, 1989, the Chinese People's Liberation Army brutally suppressed a prodemocracy demonstration in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, killing several hundred people. ... The Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 gave graphic evidence of the risks Hong Kong might face after 1997, and many residents began looking to make new lives abroad, or at least to obtain alternative passports in case of trouble. ...
Duong Thu Huong worked for the Communist Youth Brigade at the age of 20 but was expelled from the communist party in 1989. ... The book showed a vulnerable time in Vietnamese history fraught with trials and errors on the part of the government. ... It would allow the students of today to better understand their countries history and how it affected the people's lives. ...
In the beginning of the book, a short preface is given to us in order to demonstrate us the importance, for the history, of the archives of Russia that became accessible after the collapse of the U.R.S.S. During years the history of Stalin and the U.R.S.S was given from limited documents. ... In 1989, his dad took him away from the seminar and made him work in the factory. ...
Hungary In 1946 Mr. Winston Churchill warned that an "Iron Curtain" was descending the middle of Europe, the Cold War began. (Cold War) Once allies against Hitler, the Soviet Union and the United States confront each other at the end of WWII. (A Summary of the Cold War) The cold war w...