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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.
Iconic photo of him obstructing tanks during the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel ) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing ...
2013 Tiananmen Square attack: 2013, 28 October Beijing: 5 A car crashed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, as a terrorist suicide attack. Five people died in the incident; 3 inside the vehicle and 2 civilian nearby. 2014 Kunming attack: 2014, 1 March Kunming: 35 Eight Uyghur terrorists stabbed 31 civilians to death and left 141 injured. [108]
China’s leaders have tried to erase all record of what happened in the Tiananmen Square massacre—but the country's legacy is contradictory.
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]
The removal of the Pillar of Shame is the latest clampdown on commemorations of the Tiananmen Square massacre
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.
WASHINGTON – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he "misspoke" on longstanding claims that he was in Hong Kong in the spring of 1989 when the Tiananmen Square massacre left hundreds dead. Recently ...