Edited sentence: " One poster hung up in April during the protests expressed the general feeling among the protestors that rural people might not grasp democracy at first, but "at least urban citizens, intellectuals and Communist Party members are as ready for democracy as any of the citizens who already live in democratic societies." This urban elitism hampered the appeal the movement might have generated in rural areas.As one historian notes "Students elevated the principle of unity above that of majority rule, while their conception of democracy (minzhu) did not allow for a free competition of divergent ideas and was itself tinged with elitism.Gender inequalities within China were also not an issue for the movement and Chai Ling was conspiciously the only female to be recognized as a leader.In communications with the government the students often described themselves as "patriotic" with a desire for "national development and unity", holding that it was growing political corruption "that threatened the close relationship between party and people".In essence the students were demanding that they and their concerns be taken more seriously by the state rather than declaring alienation from it.In many ways students in 1989, like the traditional Confucian scholar class, continued to assume that the leading rule in society would be played by a virtuous and educated elite.It was not an expression of bourgeois liberalism promoting western-style democracy.Scholars have pointed out that while many in Europe and America saw the events through their own cultural perspectives, the movement was not alienanted from the Chinese culture that it arose from.Thus we should implement complete democracy within the Communist Party and within the urban areas