Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 were a massive pro-democracy movement in Beijing, China, led largely by students and workers, that was violently suppressed by the Chinese government and has since become a global symbol of resistance to authoritarian rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf democracy movement ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political repression event ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident ⓘ
June Fourth Incident ⓘ
June Fourth Massacre ⓘ
Tiananmen Square Massacre ⓘ
cause corruption in the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
death of Hu Yaobang ⓘ
demand for freedom of association ⓘ
demand for freedom of speech ⓘ
demand for freedom of the press ⓘ
demand for political reform ⓘ
inflation and economic discontent ⓘ
commemoratedOn June 4 ⓘ
commemorationLocation Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Taiwan ⓘ
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
country China ⓘ
deathTollEstimate hundreds ⓘ
possibly thousands ⓘ
demand action against corruption ⓘ
democratization ⓘ
dialogue with government ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
rehabilitation of Hu Yaobang ⓘ
endDate 1989-06-04 ⓘ
followedBy political taboo in mainland China ⓘ
tightened media censorship in China ⓘ
governmentNarrative counterrevolutionary riot ⓘ
hasTheme authoritarianism ⓘ
civil resistance ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
keyFigure Chai Ling ⓘ
Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
Fang Lizhi ⓘ
Hu Yaobang ⓘ
Li Peng ⓘ
Liu Xiaobo ⓘ
Wang Dan ⓘ
Zhao Ziyang ⓘ
location Beijing ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Tiananmen Square ⓘ
mainEventDate 1989-06-03 ⓘ
1989-06-04 ⓘ
mediaCoverage global television coverage ⓘ
method building of the Goddess of Democracy statue ⓘ
demonstration ⓘ
hunger strike ⓘ
march ⓘ
occupation of Tiananmen Square ⓘ
sit-in ⓘ
notableImage Tank Man ⓘ
opponent Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Chinese government ⓘ
People's Armed Police ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
participant Chinese citizens ⓘ
Chinese students ⓘ
Chinese workers ⓘ
intellectuals ⓘ
result economic sanctions against China ⓘ
international condemnation ⓘ
large number of civilian casualties ⓘ
mass arrests of protesters ⓘ
purge of reformist officials ⓘ
strengthening of hardline control ⓘ
tightened political control in China ⓘ
violent crackdown ⓘ
startDate 1989-04-15 ⓘ
suppressionMethod censorship ⓘ
deployment of armored personnel carriers ⓘ
deployment of tanks ⓘ
imposition of martial law ⓘ
information blackout ⓘ
mass arrests ⓘ
use of live ammunition ⓘ
use of tear gas ⓘ
symbolOf human rights movement ⓘ
pro-democracy struggle ⓘ
resistance to authoritarian rule ⓘ

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John Simpson → coveredEvent → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
Liu Xiaobo → participatedIn → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Hu Yaobang → influenced → Chinese student movement of 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
United States–China relations → affectedBy → Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Ma Jian (writer) → workFocus → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
Gate of Heavenly Peace → associatedWithEvent → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
Chimerica → subject → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
Liao Yiwu → subjectOf → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
Beijing East Village art community → emergedAfterEvent → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → alsoKnownAs → 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → alsoKnownAs → Tiananmen Square Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Chinese democracy movement → hasComponent → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Chinese democracy movement → notableEvent → 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Stuart Franklin → notableWork → Tiananmen Square 1989 photographs ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Stuart Franklin → coveredEvent → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Zhao Ziyang → event → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Beijing Coma → timePeriod → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Beijing Coma → mainSubject → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
patriotic education campaign → significantEvent → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
pan-democracy camp in Hong Kong → notableEventParticipation → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre solidarity movement in Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Feng Congde → participantIn → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Feng Congde → participantIn → 1989 Tiananmen Square student movement ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Feng Congde → notableEvent → Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989 ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Kate Adie → coveredEvent → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
Tank Man → partOf → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre ⓘ
linked to: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Chimerica → subject → Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
subject linked to: Chimerica (play)