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Tiananmen Square Protests and Crackdown (1989)

Tiananmen Square Protests and Crackdown (1989)

  1. Hu Yaobang dies, sparking public mourning

    Labels: Hu Yaobang, Beijing

  2. First Beijing student marches enter Tiananmen Square

    Labels: Students, Tiananmen Square

  3. Hu’s funeral becomes a major protest moment

    Labels: Hu Yaobang, Funeral

  4. People’s Daily editorial brands protests as “disturbances”

    Labels: People's Daily, Chinese Communist

  5. Mass march challenges the April 26 editorial

    Labels: Mass March, Beijing

  6. May Fourth anniversary rallies renew momentum

    Labels: May Fourth, Students

  7. Students launch a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square

    Labels: Hunger Strike, Students

  8. Sino-Soviet summit disrupted by protest crowds

    Labels: Mikhail Gorbachev, Sino-Soviet Summit

  9. Zhao Ziyang appeals to hunger strikers

    Labels: Zhao Ziyang, Hunger Strikers

  10. Beijing declares martial law

    Labels: Martial Law, Beijing Military

  12. Army clears Tiananmen Square in deadly crackdown

    Labels: PLA, Tiananmen Crackdown

  13. “Tank Man” confronts a column of tanks

    Labels: Tank Man, Chang'an Avenue

  14. Deng Xiaoping publicly defends use of force

    Labels: Deng Xiaoping, PLA Cadres

  15. Jiang Zemin replaces Zhao Ziyang as Party chief

    Labels: Jiang Zemin, Zhao Ziyang

  16. Chinese authorities sustain long-term suppression of remembrance

    Labels: Chinese Authorities, Censorship