Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal (Jun 2019)
From 1989 to “1984”: Tiananmen Massacre and China’s High-tech Totalitarianism
Abstract
Without the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and the “low human rights disadvantage” of China’s political-social situation, there would be no China miracle. What are behind the rapid economic growth include corruption, deprivation of freedom, environmental destruction, social decay, and violation of international commitment. With the help of Western engagement policy which is based on a series of erroneous assumptions, an unprecedented high-tech totalitarianism is being established in China. The fact that China has become the biggest threat to international freedom and democracy, calls for a profound change of the China policy adopted by the West for decades.
