The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, [1] [2] [a] were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989.

Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (/ ˈ t j ɛ n ə n m ə n / [1]) is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace") located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden City.

Dec 9, 2024 · The Tiananmen Square incident was a series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 1989 that culminated on June 3–4 with a government crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Although demonstrations also occurred in other cities, the events in Tiananmen Square came to symbolize the entire incident.

May 31, 2019 · Pro-democracy protesters initially marched through Beijing to Tiananmen Square following the April 1989 death of Hu Yaobang, a former Communist Party leader who had worked to introduce...

Jun 3, 2019 · In 1989 Beijing's Tiananmen Square became the focus for large-scale protests, which were crushed by China's Communist rulers. The events produced one of the most iconic photos of the 20th...

From April 1989 people from across China gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of the liberal Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang and share their frustrations about the slow pace of promised reform.

Jan 24, 2025 · Tiananmen Square, open square in the center of Beijing, one of the largest public squares in the world. It is a well-planned site for massive gatherings and has been the rallying point for student demonstrations for decades, including the May Fourth Movement (1919) and the Tiananmen Square incident (1989).

Jun 2, 2019 · Hundreds of thousands of Chinese gather on June 2, 1989 in Tiananmen Square demanding democracy despite martial law in Beijing. But when large-scale protests in Beijing called for greater social...

Jun 4, 2020 · Three decades after the historic pro-democracy rally in Beijing, China continues to stifle its commemoration. Its name means “gate of heavenly peace,” but in 1989 the iconic gate at Beijing’s...

Jun 2, 2014 · In the spring of 1989, more than one million Chinese students and workers occupied Beijing's Tiananmen Square and began the largest political protest in communist China's history. Six weeks...