▁settlement ▁remains ▁in ▁China ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁student ▁demonstr ators , ▁taking ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁lo osen ing ▁political ▁atmosphere , ▁st aged ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁slow ▁pace ▁of ▁reform , ▁confirm ing ▁party ▁el ders ' ▁fear s ▁that ▁the ▁current ▁reform ▁program ▁was ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁social ▁inst ability , ▁the ▁same ▁kind ▁that ▁killed ▁hundreds ▁of ▁millions ▁between ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁O pi um ▁War ▁and ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁P RC . ▁In sp ired ▁by ▁F ang ▁L iz hi , ▁a ▁phys ic ist ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Technology ▁of ▁China ▁who ▁gave ▁speech es ▁critic izing ▁D eng ' s ▁go ▁slow ▁policies , ▁students ▁took ▁to ▁protest . ▁The ▁students ▁were ▁also ▁dis en ch anted ▁with ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁control ▁the ▁government ▁ex ert ed , ▁cit ing ▁comp uls ory ▁cal is then ics ▁and ▁not ▁being ▁allowed ▁to ▁dance ▁at ▁rock ▁concert s . ▁Stud ents ▁called ▁for ▁campus ▁elections , ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁study ▁abroad , ▁and ▁greater ▁avail ability ▁of ▁western ▁pop ▁culture . ▁Hu ▁Ya ob ang , ▁a ▁prot ég é ▁of ▁D eng ▁and ▁a ▁leading ▁advoc ate ▁of ▁reform , ▁was ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁protest s ▁and ▁forced ▁to ▁res ign ▁as ▁the ▁C PC ▁General ▁Secretary ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁In ▁the ▁" Ant i ▁Bour ge ois ▁Liberal ization ▁Camp aign