A chapter summary of forbidden city chapter 1?

Answer 1

Conflict

In this story there are many conflicts that take place, I have chosen to cover what I think is the most important one.

When Alex goes to China the country is fairly peaceful, his father is covering an important visit between the Russian and Chinese Dignitaries, And Alex gets to go exploring for most of the time. Then when some students protest for no corruption in the government and more democracy things get ugly. thousands of Chinese people barricade Tian An men square, when the prime minister declarers martial law as the solution to a fairly peaceful protest. The protesters hold the soldiers off for a few days but eventually they start shooting on them. This is where the most suspense takes place in my opinion. A huge riot follows over several days. This is a clear show of people against people conflict. There is also an underlying conflict because the soldiers who were sent there are all from different groups (divisions) who have different leaders, they wish to take charge as much as possible so that when the old leader of China dies they're leader may take his place.

Answer 2

In Chapter 1 of "Forbidden City," the protagonist Alex Jackson is introduced as an American teenager living in Beijing with his father. They witness the student protests at Tiananmen Square and get caught up in the political unrest that eventually leads to the violent crackdown by the Chinese government. This sets the stage for the rest of the novel as Alex becomes more entangled in the events unfolding in China.