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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An unidentified foreign journalist (2nd-right) is carried out from the clash site between the army and students near Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
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An armoured personnel carrier crushes one of the tents set up on Tiananmen Square by pro-democracy protestors early Sunday morning June 4, 1989.
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China -- A young woman is caught between civilians and Chinese soldiers, who were trying to remove her from an assembly near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 3, 1989
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Chinese student leaders (from left to right) Chai Ling, Wang Dan, Feng Congde and Li Lu swear to remain in Beijing's Tiananmen Square throughout June, 1989.