90s Tiananmen Square China

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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the June 4th Incident, or colloquially, Six-four (Chinese: 六四) by the Chinese public, and as the Political Turmoil between Spring and Summer of 1989 by the government of the People's Republic of China, were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals and labour activists in the People's Republic of China between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989. The demonstrations centred on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, but large scale protests also occurred in cities throughout China, including Shanghai.

In Beijing, the resulting crackdown on the protestors by the PRC government left many civilians dead. The toll ranges from 200--300 (PRC government figures), to 2,000--3,000 (Chinese student associations and Chinese Red Cross), although the PRC government asserts and most independent observers agree that these deaths were not in the square itself but rather in the streets leading to the square.

The protestors came from disparate groups, ranging from intellectuals who believed the Communist Party of China-led government was too corrupt and repressive to urban workers who believed Chinese economic reform had gone too far and that the resulting rampant inflation and widespread unemployment was threatening their livelihoods.

After the protestors defied government calls to disperse, a split emerged within the Communist Party of China on how to respond to the protestors. A hardline faction emerged from the turmoil and decided to quell the protests rather than heed their demands.

On May 20, the government declared martial law and, on the night of June 3 and the early morning of June 4, army tanks and infantry were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush the protest and disperse the protestors. Estimates of civilian deaths vary: 23 (Communist Party of China), 400--800 (Central Intelligence Agency), 2600 (Chinese Red Cross). Injuries are generally held to have numbered from 7,000 to 10,000. As of June of 2006, the confirmed number of deaths that happened around that night is 186 according to professor Ding Zilin. Following the violence, the government conducted widespread arrests to suppress the remaining supporters of the movement, banned the foreign press and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the PRC press. The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the PRC government.

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[arceusmon]

4 people got their ass kicked by Jack Black from there to tiananmen square. Oh yeah mother fuckers

[1yourtrust2]

@YMAAESSEX your comment is why Republicans will rule soon again... capitalism will reign and the damocrats will try to control with big government... business will prove such..

[1yourtrust2]

@frankwang421 i agree... and capitalism will reign there for years to come...

[YMAAESSEX]

Do not pretend to be humanitarian or democrat, everyone here and on the earth just fight for the interest of their own. So what?! (funny comments)

[dglshenry4]

Human Rights Now !

[TheChinabridge]

Mao made many huge mistakes because of his selfishness. So did Deng. Even Mao helped to establish a new country, but his contributions were little to his people. Deng did some contributions but not all for his people. His sons got rich, not his people. His people got killed.

[frankwang421]

Viva China.

我是中国人

[agogodanielle]

Actually nobody is eating crikets anymore....

and actually i found out that Americans don't read poketbook anymore, because the hollywood movie is doing for them. to enhance you Americans by constantly insult and lying about other countries. Chinese farmers are enjoy tax-free policy, they are receiving tons of benifit everyyear, what about you fags? How do you know about China? yOU go ahead enjoy your goverment movie and pocketbook and newspaper.