Tiannamen square 1989
- June 3-4, 1989
- Democracy movements had grown in strength since the arrival of Deng
- May 4 1989 they have mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising
- Many students remain and start a hunger strike
- Army arrives in early June and are reluctant to deal with the crowd
- 3 June they broke into the square and opened fire
- 400-800 people killed, many were not students and many killed on streets outside of the square
- Reaffirmed China’s hardline on party dissent and public freedoms
- However economic changes were irreversible and 1992 Deng ended price controls
Subjunctive Question: If the people hadn't started the Hunger Strike would the rest of the rallies been held at Tiananmen Square?
Quote: "The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it."
Ma Jian
Ma Jian
Summary: As a movement against communism and wanting democracy, the people of China gathered in Tiananmen Square where they protest against the government. Soldiers were told to do anything to get rid of the people, resulting in a mass murder (400- 800 people killed).