The Tiananmen Square Protests

The Days Before the Tiananmen Square Massacre

The Tiananmen Square Protests Rare scenes of tension leading up to one of the Chinese Communist Party's defining moments
Tiananmen Square, 1989: the stage of the biggest pro-reform protests in China since the formation of the Chinese Communist Party. Thousands of Chinese people, primarily students and workers, flocked outside the Forbidden Temple to campaign for greater democracy in the country. Through acts of non-violence such as hunger strikes, the protestors captured the attention of an international audience and brought unprecedented weakness to the Chinese government. This recently unearthed footage from ABC Australia's roster of video-journalists perfectly encapsulated the spirit of social change in the country just moments before the government decided to fight back...
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