1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, [1] [2] [a] were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in 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 Chinese government deployed troops to occupy the square on the
Tiananmen Square incident | Massacre, Summary, Details, Tank Man . . . The Tiananmen Square incident was a series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 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
Tiananmen Square: What happened in the protests of 1989? - BBC In 1989 Beijing's Tiananmen Square became the focus for large-scale protests, which were crushed by China's Communist rulers The events produced one of the most iconic photos of the 20th Century
Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre - Human Rights Foundation NEW YORK (June 4, 2025) — Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese regime unleashed tanks and armed troops to crush a peaceful student movement demanding freedom and democracy The brutal crackdown shocked the world and continues to cast a long shadow over China’s appalling human rights record Though decades have passed, the ideals the students
Unfinished Resistance: The 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests The first whispers of the Tiananmen Square protests began in April 1989 when Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, died of a heart attack [1] As a beloved symbol of “anti-corruption and political reform” [2], Yaobang’s death revealed discontent felt by many Chinese citizens On April 17th, 1989, a memorial march for the former secretary commenced, and
On the 36th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre The CCP responded with a brutal crackdown, sending the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to open fire in an attempt to extinguish the pro-democracy sentiments of unarmed civilians gathered on Beijing’s streets and in Tiananmen Square The CCP actively tries to censor the facts, but the world will never forget
What really happened in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests - Amnesty The most famous photo of Tiananmen Square is known as "Tank Man" The Tiananmen protests were immortalised in Western media on 5 June 1989 through the image of a lone man in a white shirt carrying shopping bags, facing an imposing column of military tanks sent by the government to disperse protesters
Tiananmen Square Down the Chinese Memory Hole This June 4th, the 36th anniversary of the crackdown on demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, passed quietly in the People’s Republic of China Of course, the atrocity could not be