ДЄs the protests developed, the authorities responded with both conciliatory and hardline tactics, exposing deep divisions within the party leadership. At the height of the protests, about oneВ million people assembled in the Square. Although they were highly disorganized and their goals varied, the students called for greater accountability, constitutional due process, democracy, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech. Common grievances at the time included inflation, corruption, limited preparedness of graduates for the new economy, and restrictions on political participation. The reforms of the 1980s had led to a nascent market economy that benefited some people but seriously disadvantaged others, and the one-party political system also faced a challenge to its legitimacy. The protests were precipitated by the death of pro-reform Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Hu Yaobang in April 1989 amid the backdrop of rapid economic development and social change in post-Mao China, reflecting anxieties among the people and political elite about the country's future. The popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests is sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement ( Chinese: е…«д№ќж°‘иїђ pinyin: BДЃjiЗ” mГnyГ№n) or the Tiananmen Square Incident ( Chinese: е¤©е®‰й—Ёдє‹д»¶ pinyin: TiДЃn'ДЃnmГ©n shГ¬jiГ n). Estimates of the death toll vary from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more wounded. The protests started on 15 April and were forcibly suppressed on 4 June when the government declared martial law and sent the People's Liberation Army to occupy parts of central Beijing. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre ( Chinese: е¤©е®‰й—Ёе¤§е± жќЂ pinyin: TiДЃn'ДЃnmГ©n dГ tГєshДЃ), troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square.

The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident ( Chinese: е…е››дє‹д»¶ pinyin: liГ№sГ¬ shГ¬jiГ n), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.No precise figures exist, estimates vary from hundreds to several thousands, both military and civilians (see death toll section) (Head of the United Front Work Department) ( Head of the People's Liberation Army GSD) Communists (supporters of Chairman Mao's red line and against Deng Xiaoping and his reforms).Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation.Western economic sanctions and arms embargoes on the People's Republic of China.Jiang Zemin, previously Party Secretary of Shanghai, promoted to General Secretary and paramount leader by Deng Xiaoping.Zhao Ziyang purged from General Secretary and Politburo.Rioters charged with violent crimes were executed in the following months.Protest leaders and pro-democracy activists later exiled or imprisoned.More protests across China in reaction to the crackdown.Several soldiers killed, thousands wounded by rioters on 3 June to 4 June after civilians were killed on 3 June.Hundreds to thousands killed, thousands wounded inside and outside Tiananmen Square.Civilians вЂ“ including bystanders, protesters (mainly workers), and rioters barricading the People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops вЂ“ protesters shot by the PLA and police at multiple sites outside of the square in Beijing.

Enforcement of martial law declared by Premier Li Peng in certain areas of Beijing executed by force from 3 June 1989 (declared from 20В MayВ 1989 ( ) вЂ“ 10В JanuaryВ 1990 ( ), 7В months and 3В weeks).Hunger strike, sit-in, occupation of public square Nepotism (especially regarding the children of Zhao Ziyang and Deng Xiaoping)Д®nd of corruption within the Chinese Communist Party, as well as democratic reforms, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of association, social equality, democratic input on economic reforms.

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