The
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Four ...
were student-led demonstrations in Beijing and the government response in 1989.
Tiananmen Square protests or Tiananmen Square incident may also refer to:
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Tank Man", an anonymous protester who blocked tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in 1989
*Tiananmen Square protest of 4 May 1919, a protest that grew into the
May Fourth Movement
The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. Students gathered in front of Tiananmen (The Gate of Heavenly Peace) to protest the Chin ...
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1976 Tiananmen Incident
The Tiananmen Incident () or the April 5 Tiananmen Incident was a mass gathering and protest that took place on 4–5 April 1976, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The incident occurred on the traditional day of mourning, the Qingming Fe ...
, a spontaneous protest of 4–5 April 1976
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Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
The Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident took place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, on the eve of Chinese New Year on 23 January 2001. There is controversy over the incident; Chinese government sources say that five members of Falu ...
, a 2001 incident allegedly involving Falun Gong practitioners
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