The Dialectics

TD Explains: What caused the Tiananmen Square Incident

From a space for gathering to commemorate public events or to a spot for rallying protests, squares are of paramount importance in Chinese polity from villages to cities. Of several such squares, Tiananmen square, located in the heart of the Forbidden city of Beijing and boasting a history of 500 years, is the one that has witnessed several important events in Chinese history. It made headlines in the last century on multiple occasions; however, the most important one is the infamous Tiananmen protests. Considered as one of the largest democracy movements in a country where protests are strictly regulated or orchestrated by the party itself, Tiananmen square protests is a series of sporadic protests in China in 1989 which culminated in the massacre of several students....

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