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On 13 June 1989, the Beijing Public Security Bureau released an order for the arrest of 21 students they identified as the protest leaders. These 21 most-wanted student leaders were part of the Beijing Students Autonomous Federation , [ 249 ] which had been instrumental in the Tiananmen Square protests.
On 13 June 1989, the Beijing Public Security Bureau released an order for the arrest of 21 students who they identified as leaders of the protest. [3] [4] These student leaders were part of the Beijing Students Autonomous Federation [3] [4] which had been an instrumental student organization in the Tiananmen Square protests.
The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989.
As Beijing tightens its grip on Hong Kong, it has also restricted efforts to mark the anniversary of its military crackdown on June 4, 1989 — just as it has long done on the mainland.
On June 6, 1989, United States officials confirmed reports involving shootings between the 16th and the 27th armies on the outskirts of Beijing. [41] On June 7, the 38th Army was reportedly in a stand-off with the 27th and the 15th Airborne. [26]
May 13 – Mikhail Gorbachev visits China, the first Soviet leader to do so since the 1960s. May 19 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: Zhao Ziyang meets the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. May 20 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The Chinese government declares martial law in Beijing.
The Tiananmen crackdown is a taboo subject in China and authorities have refused to accept full accountability or release the death toll. This year, for the 30th anniversary, censors at Chinese ...
The 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 was principally events that occurred in China and elsewhere on and leading up to 4 June 2014—to commemorate the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. On 2 June, at least 1,900 participants attended a protest in Hong Kong to remember the 1989 ...