Tiananmen Square
by: Mason Sprinkel
Background info
- It started April 15,1989- June 4, 1989 and was a protest
- Caused after the goverment outlawed Falun gong spiritual sect
- the students were outraged of previosly stated because they were looking for official recognition
- Outside of the forbidden city in Beijing
- Chinese government vs university students
- China thought the statue of “goddess of democracy” was an insult to the government
- The statue was a gift and arrived in the square on May 29
What happened during the protest
- Most of it is shrouded in mystery because the students where cut off of social media when it started
- Local police couldn’t stop the protest
- Tanks crushed anything, and anyone that got in their way
- By June 4th Tiananmen square was surrounded by the government
- Protesters begged the army to not attack
Goverment's response to the protest
- Chinese military killed hundreds of people
- The first time they called the military since the communists took power in 1949
- By June 4th Tiananmen square was surrounded by the government's millitary
- Government won the standoff
After the protest
- Shaped the view of china
- Became a site of demonstration
- barely any one know about what happened during that day even 25 years later even if they know about it, it would have t be in private