"The UnKnown Rebel" Tiananmen Square Protests

According to wiki, a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals, and labour activists in Communist China between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989. While the protests lacked a unified cause or leadership, participants were generally critical of the ruling Chinese Communist Party and voiced complaints ranging from minor criticisms to calls for full-fledged democracy and the establishment of broader freedoms. The demonstrations centred on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, but large-scale protests also occurred in cities throughout China, including Shanghai, which stayed peaceful throughout the protests. In Beijing, the resulting military crackdown on the protesters by the PRC government left many civilians dead or injured. The toll ranges from 200--300 (PRC government figures), to 400--800 by the New York Times, and to 2,000--3,000 (Chinese student associations and Chinese Red Cross), although the PRC government asserts and most independent observers agree that the majority of these deaths were not in the square itself but rather in the streets leading to the square.[1]

Following the violence, the regime conducted widespread arrests to suppress protestors and their supporters, cracked down on other protests around China, banned the foreign press from the country and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the Chinese state-run press. Members of the Party who had publicly sympathized with the protesters were purged, with several high-ranking members placed under house arrest, such as General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the Communist regime.

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[adorian1979]

what is the name of the song

[richiestreasure]

It's Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel

[hypercatjohn]

absolutely amazing, almost makes me shed a tear

[taylorspencer1]

without a doubt the bravest things ive ever seen. it takes alot to stand up for what you believe in, especially when you risk your life, he died a marta

rip

[WhyGenFM3]

What I find extraordinary is that the tank stopped. For all shootings and murders that were going on, all the tools who followed orders to gun down the innocent - the person behind the wheel of that tank could have kept going and no more would have been said. But he couldn't do it.

[thereflectedface]

My Hero!!!!!



[looneytune3562]

A true hero!

[nyznicca]

amazing amazing stuff.

[hgld]

I completely agree. An incredibly moving piece of footage.