Student Activism in China in the 1980s: Radicalization of Protests under the Higher Education Reform

Abstract

The article elaborates on the key reasons, caused the development of student activism in China in 1980s, and establishes the connection between student protests and the reform of higher education. The conflict between the theory and practice of the reform facilitated the growth of student protests, while the absence of reform deepening brought about the radicalization of student demands.