The '86 Student Movement Erupts in Shanghai
At the end of 1986, student unrest erupted nationwide; students from more than ten universities in Shanghai took to the streets, and Jiang Zemin responded with a carrot-and-stick policy.
At the end of 1986, student unrest erupted nationwide; students from more than ten universities in Shanghai took to the streets, and Jiang Zemin responded with a carrot-and-stick policy.
In December 1986, student unrest broke out successively in Hefei, Shanghai, and Beijing and spread to Guiyang. Hu Jintao neither supported the protests nor sent in troops and police to suppress them; instead, he personally met with student representatives, made concessions and promises in exchange for the students withdrawing from the streets, and made no arrests afterward.