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Ultimately, though, today's unrest is fed by China's own stunning successes over the past two decades. In the period before the 1989 massacre of protesters in Tiananmen Square, dissenters recognized that to step forward and complain was to put one's life on the line. That April, students from the elite Beijing University dared march off campus one day -- and met only token resistance. Emboldened, they tragically miscalculated. Hundreds of thousands camped for nearly two months in the square, loudly demanding freedom. On the night of June 3-4, tanks of the People's Liberation Army invaded Tiananmen, crushing impromptu shelters and students beneath their tracks. The tanks and armed troops killed perhaps 700 demonstrators. Hours before the assault, I interviewed a senior U.S. diplomat who assured me that the PLA would \"never\" attack the square. Most of those ensconced there shared that optimistic view. When the lights suddenly went black that night, I was standing on the broad base of the Monument to the People's Heroes, in the center of the square. Before me spread shambles of blue and white plastic tents and, beyond, the broad swath of Chang'an Avenue, where rumbling tank engines began filling the warm air with thick diesel fumes.

In October, [Fred Epstein] was contacted by Lewis M. Simons, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter on assignment for National Geographic magazine. Simons was writing a story on Tibetan culture when he first met Dondrup, a monk-in-training at 16. A year later, he returned to the boy's tiny village in the Himalayas and found him barely able to stand. The boy's father had spent the year taking the boy to hospitals in China and Tibet. In April, Simons was in India interviewing the [Dalai Lama] and told him about the young student monk, and the surgery he needed to save his spine. It was then that the Dalai Lama offered to pay for part of the surgery. He remembered Epstein and believed he could help the boy.

The story of Mr. Marcos's fall and Cory Aquino's rise, which briefly captured the world's attention and made Mrs. Aquino Time magazine's ''Woman of the Year,'' is told with refreshing color, vitality and insight by [Lewis M. Simons], the Tokyo bureau chief for The San Jose Mercury-News. Yet, in the book's most notable revelation, Mr. Simons writes that ''CIA operatives and communications experts'' established a radio system for Gen. Fidel Ramos and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile after they had revolted, guided the ''disinformation campaign'' used to confuse Mr. Marcos about the extent of the threat facing him, and even tapped into the military's ''secure'' radio lines. This story alone suggests there is more to be told. But as Mr. Simons observes, ''After the fact, the Filipinos wanted full credit for the rebellion, and the United States was content to let them have it.'' ''Worth Dying For'' ends with the Marcoses' departure. It is the best ending for a good story. Afterward, of course, saints return to being sinners. But that one inspiring moment was also real and as Mr. Simons notes, ''they started a process of reform in Philippine politics that may, eventually, prove truly revolutionary.''

Ferdinand E. Marcos states that cancellation of the Ronald W. Reagan Proposed Visit to the Philippines (November 1983) would endanger the [Economy; Investments; Philippines-U.S. Military Bases Agreement of 1947, and Amendments] and would advance the interests of Communists ; Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong newspaper) reports that Michael H. Armacost has indicated that the Ronald W. Reagan Proposed Visit to the Philippines (November 1983) may not occur unless Political reform and credible investigations of the Aquino Assassination (21 August 1983) are carried out

Mr. [Jules Feiffer] was honored for his weekly cartoon strip, which is characterized by sharp social commentary. Mr. Feiffer's first published cartoon appeared in the first anniversary edition of The Voice in 1956. He is also the author of such plays as ''Little Murders'' and ''The White House Murder Case'' and several movie scripts, including ''Little Murders,'' ''Carnal Knowledge'' and ''Popeye.'' Mr. Feiffer, who was born in the Bronx in 1929, attended Pratt Institute and worked as an animator and book illustrator before joining The Voice. He lives in Manhattan. SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY Michel duCille and Carol Guzy The Miami Herald Mr. [Larry McMurtry] won for a novel about American frontier life, from Canada to Mexico, during the 1870's. Mr. McMurtry, a 50-year-old native of Texas, has written 11 previous books, and is known for describing the breakdown of the old myths in the contemporary West in such novels as ''Horseman, Pass By'' - which was made into the film ''Hud'' - ''Terms of Endearment'' and ''The Last Picture Show.'' Mr. McMurtry, the son of a rancher, was born in Wichita Falls, Tex. He attended North Texas State College, graduating in 1958 with a bachelor's degree and earned a master's degree from Rice University in 1960. Mr. McMurtry lives in Washington, but spends much of his time in the West. HISTORY Dr. Walter A. McDougall ''. . . the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age'' Mr. [Henry Taylor]'s book, his fifth collection of poetry, reflects his feeling for nature, especially the land of his native South. He was born in Loudon County, Va., in 1942, and is professor of literature at the American University in Washington. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds a master's degree from Hollins College in Lincoln, Va. His other books of poetry are ''The Horse Show at Midnight,'' ''Breakings,'' ''An Afternoon of Pocket Billiards'' and ''Desparado.'' GENERAL NONFICTION Joseph Lelyveld ''Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White''

[Ferdinand E. Marcos; Imelda R. Marcos; Roberto Benedicto; Antonio O. Floirendo; Geronimo Z. Velasco; Eduardo M. (\"Danding\") Cojuangco, Jr.; Rodolfo Cuenca; Juan Ponce Enrile] Biographic Sketch ; U.S. Congress. Senate reviews [Village Voice; American Broadcasting Company; New Republic; San Jose Mercury News; Newsweek; New York Times; Washington Post; Christian Science Monitor; Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong periodical)] accounts of [Crony capitalism; Corruption] among Marcos Administration (16 June 1981-26 February 1986) Government officials including [Ferdinand E. Marcos; Imelda R. Marcos] Investments in U.S. [Businesses; Property]; Congressional hearings discuss [Philippines-United States relations; Aquino Assassination (21 August 1983); Human rights violations; United States interests; Economic assistance; Military facilities; National Movement for Free Elections (Philippines); Political conditions; Economic deterioration] ; U.S. Congress. Senate Congressional hearings consider Legislation to create Election observer delegations for the Elections, Presidential in the Philippines (1986)

(A Room with a View) Américain, de James Ivory, avec Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis, Simon Callow, Judy Dench, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves. S'il évacue du roman (du dialo- gue) - outre une mélodramatique his- toire d'épouse prétendument « assas- sinée » par le vieil Emerson, - les allusions, aujourd'hui peu intelligibles à un « large public », à Gladstone, ou aux valeurs tactiles que venait de promou- voir Bernard Berenson, voire à ce point de vue idéal sur Florence qu'aurait découvert Alessio Baldovlnetti, il ne conserve pas seulement le « codage » non exempt d'humour qui veut que l'énergique libre-penseur quelque peu « panthéiste » s'appelle Emerson, et la romancière responsable involontaire du «scandale» Miss Lavish (que conno- tent «prodigalité» et «diffusion»). Ce soin maniaque trouve son contrepoint dans l'épisode lyrique du pique-nique et de l'orage, librement traité et aussi prenant que si les costumes n'étalent pas « d'époque » : on ne saurait trop féliciter Ivory et son équipe de nous avoir évité les «charmes» de la désuétude, à travers la rigueur d'un repérage qui, en opposition su kitsch étouffent de la pension, ne retient de la Florence d'aujourd'hui que « l'adaptable » à une fable, on osera dire immortelle.