Tian An Men (The Gateway to “Peaceful Skies”?)

The 1989 student’s protest on Tian an Men was because of the presence of pro-democratic, impractical intellectuals that were produced by the leftist policies in the Maoist era and the government policies that blocked the upward mobility of these graduates who were large in number.
Students used to be a potential source of leadership in the 1980s, now they are important third party mediators between challengers and authorities.
Collective action and protests are being chiefly organized by rural peasants and urban industrial workers.
A case where perceived roles define “potential propensity to collective action”.