1. Tiananmen Square - 1989

3. Nearly 1 million Chinese, mostly students, crowded into central Beijing They protested for greater democracy and call for the resignations of Chinese Communist Party leaders

4. Demonstrations took place between April 15 and June 4, 1989. Demonstrations began after the death on April 15 of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang.

5. Hu Yaobang General Secretary of the Communist Party Widely admired for his moderate policies Was a reformist and forced out of office

6. Hu Yaobang’s Beliefs Wanted rehabilitation of people persecuted during the Cultural Revolution Believed Tibet should have greater autonomy Have better relations with Japan

9. Mourners began gathering in Tiananmen Square after the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989.

10. Protesters erected a Goddess of Liberty Statue resembling the Statue of Liberty This was their call for more freedom

11. The protests mainly took place in Tiananmen Square but also occurred in several cities in China Tension grew when Mikhail Gorbachev’s (Russia) visit ceremony had to be cancelled

13. Map of Beijing Area around Tiananmen Square was completely sealed off by troops

14. Tanks and troops moving in at night

15. Government sent in tanks and the army on June 4 to stop the protests Government enacted marshal law

20. Estimates between 250 up to 7,000 people were killed Sources reports indicate close to 2,500 were killed by soldiers Chinese government would not release actual death toll

21. Tanks were reported to have driven over protesters in tents Troops fired indiscriminately at crowds – fired on unarmed citizens

23. Chinese government asked the hospitals not to report any numbers on deaths or injuries Thousands of protesters were rounded up and put in prisons

28. How the western world remembers the Tiananmen Square Massacre: Students protested for democracy Chinese government sent troops and tanks in to stop the protest Student protesters were brutally massacred

29. 20 th Anniversary- 2009