▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁West ▁Point ▁Publishing ▁House , ▁a ▁small ▁publish er ▁established ▁by ▁Zh eng ▁C un z hu , ▁a ▁former ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁pro - dem ocracy ▁activ ist . ▁The ▁book ▁contains ▁entries ▁from ▁a ▁di ary ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁former ▁Chinese ▁Premier , ▁Li ▁P eng , ▁covering ▁the ▁events ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁and ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁T ian an men ▁Square ▁protest s ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁anni versary ▁of ▁T ian an men ▁Square ▁protest s ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁a ▁di ary ▁widely ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁p enn ed ▁by ▁Li ▁P eng ▁was ▁le aked ▁onto ▁the ▁Internet . ▁A ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁manuscript ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁New ▁Century ▁Press ▁run ▁by ▁Ba o ▁Pu , ▁son ▁of ▁Ba o ▁T ong , ▁a ▁former ▁a ide ▁of ▁General ▁Secret ray ▁Z ha o ▁Z iy ang . ▁Although ▁New ▁Century ▁authentic ated ▁the ▁manuscript ▁through ▁months ▁of ▁research , ▁the ▁Chinese ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁by ▁New ▁Century ▁was ▁stopped ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁supposed ▁copy right ▁issues . ▁US - based ▁West ▁Point ▁Publishing ▁subsequently ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁publication . ▁ ▁Background ▁to ▁the ▁manuscript ▁ ▁A ▁ 2 7 9 - page ▁manuscript , ▁entitled ▁The ▁Crit ical ▁M oment ▁and ▁subt itled ▁Li ▁P