Tiananmen Square Massacre

what is Tiananmen Square?

• A huge public space in the heart of Beijing,China
• More than 100,000 students occupied Tiananmen Square

cause

• Students of China wanted a democratic government 
• They wanted Deng Xioping (leader of China) to resign  
• The students began hunger strikes

what Happened?

• On June 4, 1989, many soldiers stormed into Tiananmen Square 
• The soldiers sprayed gunfire and they attacked protestors 
• Soldiers brought in tanks and crushed the Goddess of Democracy
• 250-7,000 people lay dead on the streets on Tiananmen square

"Tank Man"

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• students built this statue as their symbol for democracy
• 33-foot statue
• the Goddess of democracy was inspried from the American Statue of Liberty

How did the Tiananmen square massacre affect china?