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See Death toll. The Tiananmen Square protests, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, [1] [2] [a] were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution, the ...
May 31, 2019 · The Tiananmen Square protests were student-led demonstrations in 1989 calling for democracy, free speech and a free press in China. Pro-democracy protesters initially marched through...
Apr 20, 2024 · Tiananmen Square incident, a series of protests and demonstrations in China in spring 1989 that culminated on June 3–4 with a government crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Although demonstrations also occurred in other cities, the events in Tiananmen Square came to symbolize the entire incident.
Dec 23, 2021 · 23 December 2021. AFP. By early June 1989, huge numbers had gathered in Tiananmen Square. In 1989 Beijing's Tiananmen Square became the focus for large-scale protests, which were...
Jun 3, 2012 · Pro-democracy demonstrators raise their fists and flash Victory signs 20 May 1989 in Beijing as they stop the military truck filled with soldiers on its way to Tiananmen Square May 20, 1989...
Official New China News Agency, 1 May 1989. Overnight on 3 to 4 June, the government sent tens of thousands of armed troops and hundreds of armoured military vehicles into the city centre to enforce martial law and forcibly clear the streets of demonstrators. The government wanted to 'restore order' in the capital.
Jun 4, 2020 · June 04, 2020. • 6 min read. Its name means “gate of heavenly peace,” but in 1989 the iconic gate at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square overlooked a scene that was anything but peaceful. Earlier that...
