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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 ...
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.
BEIJING (AP) -- EDITOR'S NOTE - On June 4, 1989, AP reporter John Pomfret was in central Beijing when Chinese soldiers attacked pro-democracy protesters on Tiananmen Square. Demonstrators had ...
People hold candles at a vigil in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square anniversary on June 4, 2017. Hong Kong, a former British colony, was the only place on Chinese soil where such vigils were ...
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]
Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was forced out after the protests were crushed, has died ...
Outside the Hall, in Tiananmen Square, nearly 100,000 students had gathered on the night of April 21 to mourn Hu. [15] The 38th Army was called into Beijing a second time, after the publication of the April 26 Editorial, to join Beijing Garrison troops in guarding Tiananmen Square against protesting students. [14]