June 4th, 2018 is marked as 29th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests. massacre of China
- On this day 1989, Chinese troops violently retook Tiananmen square in Beijing from Pro-democracy protesters.
- On this occasion, Chinese people worldwide remember s lone man, better known as "Tank Man" who armed with nothing more than 2 shopping bags, stepped in front of the row of tanks moving down the streets of Beijing
- The image of 'Tank Man' is considered to be most enduring image of China's violent crackdown on democracy supporters
Tiananmen Square Massacre
- Tiananmen Square in Beijing is known for its three major protests
- 1919
- 1976
- 1989
- 1989 pro-democracy protests started in April that year and were suppressed on 4th June after military crackdown.
- This event is also known as June 4th incident in modern Chinese History
- The protest was started by student groups, intellectuals and labour activists of Beijing
- Though there was neither a common cause nor a common leader, the broad demand was political reforms as the protesters did not like the way country's economy was run by Communist Party of China
- People weren't happy with rule of Deng Xiaoping, successor of MaoZedong
- He launched several reforms, apparently biased against urban dwellers, while favouring rural.
- On June 4th, 1989, Communist govt in China used force to end protests.
- Exact number of causalities never came in public because of media suppression
