theme every year
on June 4th thousands of people rallied throughout China in remembrance
up in 1989 violent government crackdown to this day the Chinese government
refuses to acknowledge the event
and any information about his book me internet public record
so what happened hit the time nine at the Camden Square massacre
Chinese Cultural Revolution leads to the persecution of millions
encourages a cult of personality around communist leader
mao's a dome it publicly progressive but politically controversial official Hu
Yaobang
dies subsequent memorials become hotbeds citizen dissatisfaction
with the communist regime an editorial in the official Communist Party
newspaper seeks to end student protest
by warning that they are detrimental to the success
the country the editorial backfires and strengthens the resolve
a protest group Canon square draws an estimated 1.2 million people for an
anti-government rally
in response the government imposes marshal law
soldiers open fire on on student protesters
the death toll is disputed unofficial estimates place as high as several
thousand
about 10,000 protesters are arrested
Chinese tanks make their way down the middle tiananmen square
and I stopped by and unidentified man standing in front of them
his actions are still used to represent non-violent government rebellion
it's been twenty six years since the 1989 Tiananmen Square violence
and there are still protest happening against the Chinese government
the 2011 pro-democracy protests and the 2014 rights in hong kong
serve to illustrate how China's current popular unrest
Mary's and built up the same foundation that was created by the students
the 1989 protests
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