Deng Xiaoping's Reforms, the Democracy Movement and Tiananmen Square 1989

What this note covers

1. Deng Xiaoping and the Four Modernisations: Origins and Economic Context
2. Economic Growth, Social Tension, and the Seeds of the Democracy Movement
3. Causes of the 1989 Democracy Movement: Immediate and Structural
4. The Course of the Protest Movement: April–June 1989
5. The Tiananmen Papers: Source Analysis and Historiographical Value
6. Significance and Legacy: Short and Long-Term Consequences
7. Writing HSC Extended Responses: Applying Evidence and Argument

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