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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.
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件; pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing (the capital of the People's Republic of China) in 1989.
During the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) played a decisive role in enforcing martial law, using force to suppress the demonstrations in the city. [13]
1987–1989 Tibet: 10–400 Official source states the death toll between 10–20, but other estimates range from dozens to hundreds. [85] 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre: 1989, 4 June Tiananmen Square, Beijing 200–10,000 [86] [87] Between 200 and 10,000 civilians were killed.
On 4 April 2019, the fourth of four Sichuan men who were arrested in 2016 for producing a home-made liquor commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre was sentenced to jail for 3 1 ⁄ 2 years. The three other men were also charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", but were instead given suspended sentences.
The 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests featured events in China and elsewhere on, and leading up to, 4 June 2021 – to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, in which the government of China ordered the army to fire on protestors, killing hundreds, if not thousands, of people.
In 1989, Tiananmen Square was the site of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that culminated in violence and a crackdown by the People's Liberation Army. [13] [14] Following the crackdown, many of the student leaders escaped to the United States with the help of foreign intelligence agencies and other parties through Operation Yellowbird. [15]
The removal of the Pillar of Shame is the latest clampdown on commemorations of the Tiananmen Square massacre