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	Tiananmen Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tiananmen Square (天安門廣場; Simplified: 天安门广场 Pinyin: Tiānānmén Guǎngchǎng) is a large paved public plaza near the center of Beijing, China in front of the Forbidden City, facing south.
		Tiananmen Square has been the site of a number of political events such as the proclamation of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong in October 1, 1949 and for mass rallies during the Cultural Revolution.
		The protests of 1989 resulted in the killing of several thousand young Chinese in the square and adjacent areas and is thus called the Tiananmen Massacre.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/t/ti/tiananmen_square.html (381 words)

	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike the Tiananmen protests of 1987, which consisted mainly of students and intellectuals, the protests in 1989 commanded widespread support from the urban workers who were alarmed by growing inflation and corruption.
		The suppression of the protest was symbolised in Western media by the famous footage and photographs of a lone protester, taken on June 5, standing in front of a column of advancing tanks, halting their progress.
		The Tiananmen protests were frequently invoked to argue against trade liberalization with mainland China and by the blue team as evidence that the PRC government was an aggressive threat to world peace and United States interests.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiananmen_protests_of_1989 (4508 words)

	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The focus of the protests was the occupation of the Square by college and university students advocating democratic reforms.
		Unlike the Tiananmen protests of 1987, which consisted largely of students and intellectuals, the protests in 1989 commanded widespread support from the urban workers who were alarmed by growing inflation and corruption.
		The suppression of the protest was symbolised for many in the West by the famous footage and photographs of a lone protester, taken on 5 June, standing in front of a column of advancing tanks, halting their progress.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 (3210 words)

	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Tiananmen Square protests of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Tiananmen Square protests were a set of national protests in the People's Republic of China which occurred between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989, centered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
		The protest started because of the death due to illness of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Hu Yaobang, who was ousted after protests in Tiananmen in 1986.
		Generally, the demonstration at Tiananmen Square was well-ordered, with daily marches of students from various Beijing area colleges displaying their solidarity with the boycott of college classes and with the developing demands of the protest.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ti/Tinanmen-Protests-of-1989.html (1507 words)

	Tiananmen Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tian'anmen Square (Simplified Chinese: 天安门广场; Traditional Chinese: 天安門廣場; pinyin: Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng) is a very large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named for the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City.
		The square lies between two ancient, massive gates: the Tian'anmen to the north and the (Chinese: 前门; pinyin: Qiánmén; literally "Front Gate") to the south.
		The protests of 1989 resulted in the killing of Chinese protestors in the streets to the west of the square and adjacent areas.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tiananmen_Square (535 words)

	NTU Info Centre: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989 were a series of student-led, pro-democracy demonstrations in the People's Republic of China, which occurred between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989.
		The protest is named after the location of the extremely violent suppression of the pro-democracy movement in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing by the Chinese government.
		The protests also evoked the Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 which had eventually led to the ousting of the Gang of Four.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 (3553 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
		Jump to: navigation, search Tiananmen Square (Simplified Chinese: å¤©å®‰é—¨å¹¿åœº; Traditional Chinese: å¤©å®‰é–€å»£å ´; pinyin:) is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named for the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City.
		Wang Dan (Chinese: 王丹) (born February 26, 1969), a leader of the Chinese democracy movement, was one of the most visible of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
		The Tiananmen Papers are supposedly the formerly secret Chinese official documents on the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tiananmen-Square-protests-of-1989 (8407 words)

	Tiananmen Square
		A massive demonstration for democratic reform, begun on Tiananmen Square by Chinese students in April, 1989, was brutally repressed on June 3 and 4, 1989.
		The protesters demanded that the leadership resign, but the government answered on the nights of June 3 and 4 with troops and tanks, killing thousands to quell a "counter-revolutionary rebellion." Zhao was dismissed and a number of the student leaders were arrested.
		Tiananmen Square is a large public square in Beijing, China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/tiananmen.html (243 words)

	TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS OF 1989 FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests (Tiananmen Square Massacre or June 4th Massacre or 6/4 incident), were a series of student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen_Square in Beijing, the People's_Republic_of_China, between April_15, 1989 and June_4, 1989.
		The protests also evoked memories of the Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1976 which had eventually led to the ousting of the Gang of Four.
		Members of the government eventually prepared a white_paper on the incident, which was eventually published in the West in January 2001 as the ''Tiananmen_Papers'', which gives the government's viewpoint on the protests and was provided by an anonymous source purportedly within the PRC government.
	www.witwib.com /Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 (4311 words)

	ipedia.com: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The protest started because of the death, due to illness, of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Hu Yaobang, who was ousted in February 1987.
		The suppression of the protest was symbolised for many by the famous footage and photographs of a lone protester, taken on 5 June, standing in front of a column of advancing tanks, halting their progress.
		The Tiananmen protests also led to an arms embargo against the Chinese government on the part of the United States and the European Union, and the passage of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992.
	www.ipedia.com /tiananmen_square_protests_of_1989.html (2127 words)

	Tiananmen Square Demonstrations: A Perspective
		Protests in Tiananmen in the early 1900s led to the fall of the last Imperial Dynasty (Ching or Qing).
		When Chicago police fought protesters at the Democratic Party national convention in 1968, crowds chanted “the whole world is watching.” The young protesters believed television would shame the authorities by broadcasting their actions.
		The square itself was under extensive renovation in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic and closed to the public.
	www.sinomania.com /CHINANEWS/tiananmen.htm (1080 words)

	frontline: the gate of heavenly peace
		THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE is a documentary about the protests at Tiananmen in 1989, and the resulting Beijing Massacre of June 4.
		Tiananmen Square is a "theme park" of the Chinese Revolution and 20th-century Chinese history.
		In the spring of 1989, students and workers occupied Beijing's Tiananmen Square and the world watched as China struggled with this wrenching upheaval in the name of democracy.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/gate (412 words)

	Tiananmen Square
		The Tiananmen Square protests came as the culmination of almost a decade of reform, protests, and reactionary politics.
		The protest was a massive camp-out in the Square to mourn the reformer Hu Yaobang and to protest the stagnation of reforms, call for increased democracy and increased liberalization within the Chinese Communist Party.
		The attacks did not stop until the protests were completely eliminated, and the protesters were detained and kept for political "reeducation," along with many party members and government officials.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/tiananmen.htm (574 words)

	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests, often better known as the infamous "Tiananmen Square Massacre" or "June 4th Massacre", were a series of student-led, pro-democracy, pro-socialism demonstrations in the People's Republic of China, which occurred between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989.
		The protests ended in violence when the 27th Army of the People's Liberation Army used force to restore order in the capital city.
		The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tiananmen-Square-protests-of-1989.htm (3814 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 4 \| 1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square
		The injured were rushed to hospital on bicycle rickshaws by frantic residents shocked by the army's sudden and extreme response to the peaceful mass protest.
		Demonstrators, mainly students, had occupied the square for seven weeks, refusing to move until their demands for democratic reform were met.
		The demonstrations in Tiananmen Square have been described as the greatest challenge to the communist state in China since the 1949 revolution.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm (455 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Have Your Say \| Tiananmen protests: Your memories
		I was 9 years old when the Tiananmen massacre happened and I still can't forget the time when I was standing in front of the TV and saw the troops shooting at their own people.
		The majority of protesters and victims were working people who were dissatisfied with their economic conditions under the reforms.
		All people who loud much in support of Tiananmen protest should think whether it is possible to protest like this in their country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/talking_point/3769355.stm (4295 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| China stands firm on Tiananmen
		Zhao was sacked for opposing the use of force against the Tiananmen protesters.
		Mr Kong told a press briefing on Tuesday that China stood by its actions during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, in which hundreds of unarmed demonstrators were killed by armed police and soldiers.
		Protests flared when former Premier Zhou Enlai died in 1976, and pro-reform party leader Hu Yaobang's death in 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square protests that ended Zhao's political era.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4183493.stm (603 words)

	CBC News: Human rights group calls for release of Tiananmen prisoners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China's Tiananmen Square massacre occurred on June 4, 1989, when the People's Liberation Army crushed democracy protests taking place at the esplanade in central Beijing.
		Hundreds, maybe thousands, of unarmed protesters were mowed down after the government ordered the army to storm the city to end six weeks of peaceful protests.
		A protester dressed as the comic book character Spiderman climbed to the top of a giant TV screen on a building in Hong Kong Friday, in a protest marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.
	www.cbc.ca /story/news/national/2005/06/03/tiananmen050603.html (407 words)

	Ramifications of the 1984 Tiananmen Square Incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ten years after the Tiananmen Square confrontation, critics are still looking for a change in China's political and human rights record.
		However, Wang Dan, a student leader of the Tiananmen Square incident, views the disinterestedness toward politics as encouraging.
		Ten years have past since the Tiananmen Square demonstrations, and the Chinese are asking themselves if the actions by the students propelled or hurt reform in China.
	home.earthlink.net /~romekyn/world/ramifications.html (1007 words)

	Chinese free a leader of Tiananmen Square protests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A long time Chinese activist who helped lead the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was released from prison on medical parole Thursday and left immediately for the United States, a human rights activist said.
		Wang, 37, one of the founders of the China Democracy Party, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 1998.
		He was also one of the student leaders of the 1989 demonstrations that led to the military crackdown on Tiananmen Square democracy protesters in which hundreds, perhaps thousands, died.
	www.poe-news.com /stories.php?poeurlid=32542 (287 words)

	Exiled protesters see no real reform - The Washington Times: World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China's political and human rights climate remains oppressive despite the economic and social gains of the past decade, three exiled leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests told a congressional panel yesterday.
		She told the commission that police corruption and abuses continue daily under the "custody and repatriation" system, used by the police and security forces to detain and control the influx of poor, rural migrants into China's booming urban areas.
		She testified that the system has become a means for authorities to extort money from detainees, build up a source of cheap labor and remove potential protesters from the streets when a foreign dignitary visits or an international conference comes to town.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20030602-102132-3751r.htm (588 words)

	China on Alert After Tiananmen Party Reformist Dies
		In 1976 the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai led to protests at Tiananmen Square.
		The spark for the 1989 demonstrations was the death in April that year of Hu Yaobang, the reformist party chief purged two years earlier.
		Those who do speak out, such as the dissident Hu Jia and mothers of the Tiananmen Square victims, are kept under constant surveillance.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/1-17-2005-64387.asp (647 words)

	Security Tight As China Reformist Sinks Into Coma
		Zhao Ziyang, the former Chinese Communist party leader who has been under house arrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has fallen into a deep coma after suffering multiple heart attacks, it was reported yesterday.
		In January 1976 the death of the popular premier Zhou Enlai led to protests at Tiananmen Square.
		Those that do speak out, such as the dissident Hu Jia and mothers of the Tiananmen Square victims, are kept under constant surveillance.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/1-16-2005-64353.asp (685 words)

	ABC News 4 Charleston - Search Results by Google (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some conservative supporters of the war call the protests, which have...
		The 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests (Tiananmen Square Massacre or June 4th...
		The protests also evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1976...
	www.wciv.com /internetsearch.hrb?k=protests (300 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"The Unknown Rebel" — This famous photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester who single-handedly halted the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
		Global Tiananmen Vigil - Remember the victims of the June 4 massacre (http://www.tiananmenvigil.org/) by lighting a candle in your window
		Products related to Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: books, DVD, electronics, garden, kitchen, magazines, music, photo, posters, software, tools, toys, VHS, videogames
	encyclozine.com /Tiananmen_Protests_of_1989 (3719 words)

	Ex-Chinese Communist Party leader dead at 85 - World News - MSNBC.com
		Zhao oversaw landmark economic reforms but was ousted after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
		In the end, he fell out of favor with Deng and was purged on June 24, 1989, after the military crushed the student-led pro-democracy protests, killing hundreds and possibly thousands of people.
		Zhao was last seen in public on May 19, 1989, the day before martial law was declared in Beijing, when he made a tearful visit to Tiananmen Square to talk to student hunger strikers.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6833461 (1226 words)

	Veteran of Tiananmen Square Protests Named 2004 Weissberg Professor at Beloit College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests will visit Beloit College in April, and offer a series of lectures and forums.
		She will also participate in a panel of leading writers and scholars examining recent developments in China (see Schedule of Public Events).
		The Chinese scholar has written and traveled widely, sharing her views particularly on the massive Three Gorges Dam project that will block the Yangtze River and displace 1.9 million people in 800 villages.
	www.beloit.edu /~pubaff/releases/2004/04weissberg-02.htm (465 words)

	Tiananmen Square protests
		Students unveil "Goddess of Democracy" statue at Tiananmen, reviving flagging protests.
		That evening, troops shoot and beat their way toward Tiananmen Square.
		Troops occupy square and smash Goddess of Democracy with tanks; fire on crowds on outskirts of square.
	www.msnbc.com /news/wld/iframes/tiananmen.asp (236 words)

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