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六四事件，又称 八九民运 、 八九学运 、 天安门起义[11] 或 六四天安门事件，中国官方称 1989年春夏之交的政治风波[2][12]，广义上指1989年4月中旬开始的，以 对胡耀邦的纪念活动 为引爆点 [13] 、由中国大陆 高校 学生发起、持续近两个月的全境 示威运动 [14][15][注 4]；狭义上指 六四清场，即1989年6 On June 4, 1989, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pro-democracy demonstrators and dozens of soldiers are estimated to have been killed when Chinese troops crushed a seven-week-long protest held by occupying demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. From April 1989 people from across China gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of the liberal Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang and share their frustrations about the slow pace of promised reform. What began as peaceful student-led demonstrations, calling for greater political and democratic freedoms, was met with disproportionate and unimaginable force, and arguably escalated to one the most tragic incidents in the late 20th century. In the early hours of the morning on June 4th 1989, the Chinese military began a brutal crackdown of the protest movement that had seen up to 100,000 people camped out in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square for more than a month. Instead, they stage a mass sit-in in Tiananmen Square that draws about 1.2 million supporters, including members of the police and military and industrial workers. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution, the Chinese government deployed troops to occupy the square on the night of 3 June in what is referred to as the Tiananmen Square massacre. The Tiananmen Square Massacre occurs as Chinese troops and security police storm through Tiananmen Square in Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. Tiananmen Square incident, series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 1989 that culminated on the night of June 3–4 with a government crackdown on the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. On 3 to 4 June, troops began to move towards Tiananmen Square, opening fire, crushing and arresting protesters to regain control of the area. On June 3rd, 1989, soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army opened fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square. [24] The massacre lasted well into the next day. While the total number of deaths is still unknown, many estimate that thousands of protesters lost their lives. [25] 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. The June Fourth Incident, also known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, refers to the violent suppression of pro-democracy protests in Beijing, China, on June 3-4, 1989. This event was a pivotal moment in modern Chinese history, as it highlighted the conflict between the Chinese government and a populace seeking political reform and greater freedoms. On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, The China Project's Anthony Tao compiles 30 essential stories to read about June Fourth. The list ranges from firsthand and contemporary accounts of the protests and bloodshed, to analysis of Communist Party documents illuminating what led to the decision to use deadly force, to poetry and multimedia resources and essays that make the Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary: Bloody history of communism in China and its anti-constitutional actions On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the world is once again reminded of a pivotal and bloody chapter in the history of communist China. It was on June 4, 1989, the Chinese government deployed military forces to brutally suppress pro-democracy student protests in Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified HistoryWashington, D.C., June 1, 1999 – The relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China over the fifty years since the PRC was established on October 1, 1949 has been extraordinarily complex. Several years ago the National Security Archive initiated a project to shed more light on U.S.-China relations. The purpose was to The Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 was a savage crackdown on student protesters in Beijing. Many were shot dead by soldiers or crushed to death by tanks. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese gather on June 2, 1989 in Tiananmen Square demanding democracy despite martial law in Beijing. The Gate of Heavenly Peace website explores the 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square, and the resulting Beijing massacre of June 4. The site contains articles, essays, and book excerpts on the 1989 events and related topics, a media library with video, audio, and stills, a tour of Tiananmen Square, and information about the documentary film, The Gate of Heavenly Peace. The Chinese protest surge that ended in bloodshed exactly 21 years ago today near central Beijing’s Tiananmen Square continues to exert a powerful hold on Western thinking about China. The very
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