June 3, 2006
China: Government Sends Troops to Tiananmen Square
Filed under: add to del.icio.us
In April 1989, Chinese students gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand democratic reform. The demonstrators were joined by workers, intellectuals, and civil servants, until over a million people filled the square and martial law was declared. The protesters demanded that the leadership resign, and the government answered, on June 3, with troops and tanks, killing thousands to quell a "counterrevolutionary rebellion." What happened in the aftermath of these events?
Free web site tools
provided by The Free Dictionary
No responses to "China: Government Sends Troops to Tiananmen Square"
Comments are closed.