Book Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Reactions to Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Goddess of Democracy, 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Nothing to My Name, Summer Palace, 10th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Tank Man, 21st anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Tiananmen Mothers, Wang Dan, Ding Zilin, Chai Ling, Shen Tong, The Critical Moment - Li Peng Diaries, Tang Baiqiao, Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement, Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation, Liu Xianbin, People's Daily editorial of April 26, Tiananmen Papers, Pillar of Shame, Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang, Student posters and leaflets during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Yu Dongyue, Wu'erkaixi, Li Ximing, Collection of June Fourth Poems, Han Dongfang, Execution, Tin Omen, Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square, Operation Yellowbird, Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Almost a Revolution, Executive Order 12711, Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992. Excerpt: The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese (in part to avoid confusion with two prior Tiananmen Square protests), were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China (PRC) beginning on 15 April 1989. The protests are also known as the Tiananmen Massacre, but journalistic use of the term has waned in recent years. This is because, according to James Miles, the BBC reporter who originally covered the protests, the violence did not actually happen in Tiananmen, but outside the square in the city of Beijing. The term also gives a misleading impression that demonstrations only happened in Beijing, when in fact they occurred in many large cities throughout Mainland China. The protests were...