Asked in a 1989 paperModerate

What led industrial workers and even government officials to join students in antigovernment protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989?

Correct answer: C. popular resentment over such problems as inflation and corruption

  • A. opposition to the weakening of communist economic structures
  • B. a desire for greater political freedoms
  • C. popular resentment over such problems as inflation and corruption
  • D. opposition to a ban on exports to Western countriesGet Study Guides

Explanation

The 1989 Tiananmen protests broadened beyond students because people opposed corruption, inflation, and other social-economic problems, alongside demands for political reform. The submitted option captures the wider basis of the movement better than the narrower option about political freedoms alone.

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