On June 4, 1989, the Chinese military took swift and violent action against pro-democracy protesters on and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Several hundred people have been killed and thousands wounded when soldiers moved on Tiananmen Square during a violent military crackdown ending six weeks of student demonstrations, known as the Beijing Spring movement.
PACKAGE: From The Archives: Crackdown On Tiananmen Square 1989
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A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. on Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989.
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Crowds of jubilant students surge through a police cordon before pouring into Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
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Chinese residents check a burning armoured personnel carrier which was put in on fire by rioters fighting back when the army opened fire on the civilians on June 4, 1989 near Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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People Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers leap over a barrier on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing during heavy clashes with people and dissident students on June 4, 1989.