Which best describes what Chinese Communist leaders learned from the turmoil in Eastern European communist countries in 1989?
a. Allowing protesters to blow off steam was much more effective than trying to crush them.
b. Travel restrictions were necessary to keep people from spreading discontent after seeing the freedoms and prosperity of the West.
c. Protests could bring down Communist governments and without a significant show of force the Chinese Communist Party could suffer the same fate.
d. Allowing citizens to visit other countries gave them a sense of freedom and greatly diffused discontent.
e. Acting on the demands made by protesters, rather than just letting them blow off steam, would help diffuse discontent and preserve Communist Party power.
C
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