Tiananmen Square: 29 years after the crackdown

[TomSea]

Tiananmen Square: 29 years after the crackdown
ABC News

This year marks the 29th anniversary of China’s violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

More than a generation later, this pivotal event in modern Chinese history still remains one of the most taboo subjects in China and one the Chinese Communist Party wishes could be forgotten to the pages of history.

Every year as June 4 approaches -- the date the military retook the square from pro-democracy protesters -- security is stepped up, journalists are barred from the vicinity and internet censors block any references to the incident.

Continued at: https://abcnews.go.com/International/tiananmen-square-29th-anniversary-crackdown/story?id=55564966

I've seen a bit of coverage on this in the news, just posting. A noteworthy anniversary.

[dfwgator]

And George H.W. Bush, the best friend the ChiComs ever had, let them get away with it.

[TomSea]

May 4th, 1989, so they were essentially camped out there for a while (from the article).


A sea of student protesters gathers in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on May 4, 1989.

[driftdiver]

Amazing how running people over with APCs can put down a good protest.

[Fishrrman]

The "man standing before the tank" photo* has to be one of the great images from the twentieth century. A defining moment...

*Actually, I believe the photo is actually a still from video of the event. Doesn't matter.

[TomSea]

China does crack down on their population quite a bit, story was posted here, more pictures at link:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1104234.shtml
China: Armored vehicles rumble at the foot of Tianshan Mountains

[dfwgator]

I happened to be listening on my shortwave radio to Radio Beijing on the day it happened.  There was a very dramatic broadcast that I heard.  I found it here,  it was just as I remembered it.
 

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[TomSea]

Thanks for that video clip, I had never seen or heard it, the more informative pictures.