In 1986, Citizens were angered at the CCP because they were trying to get scientists to become more active in politics. Since the technology, and great economic growth, international ideas were in the minds of the Chinese citizens. So there were students that wanted to have more individual rights and freedom. By late 1987, the government was forced to stop the “bourgeois liberalism.”
By the Spring of 1989, Hu Yaobang had died, who had been the CCP general secretary beginning in 1980. Yaobang was a supporter of democratic reforms. Hu resigned because of he was forced out. On April 22, 1989, the day of Hu’s funeral, tens of thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square protesting for democracy, social, economic, and political reform. At first, the government didn’t want to harm the protestors, but just warn them for their actions. Soon after this, major cities in China started these same protests for reform. These major Cities included Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi’an, and other large cities.
In the last two weeks of May, the Chinese Government declared Martial Law in Beijing, which is the use of military in certain areas during emergency situations. Troops were stationed around the City, but when they tried to reach Tiananmen Square, citizens prevented soldiers and swarmed the streets to stop them from progressing. Protestors still were filling the City, and most of them stood near the statue of the “Goddess of Democracy.”
In early June, tanks were sent toward the square, crushing or shooting anyone in their path. They cleared the square by the morning, by shooting randomly. This is considered to be a massacre by some reporters. Total counts were 241 killed, and over 7000 hurt. The Chinese government in recent years have been trying to suppress the event’s history.
The event is important because the type of government that the Chinese uses is the same as the Soviet Union during the Cold War, which is communism. This event reminds me of what the Soviet Union used to suppress their citizens. Obviously the Soviets used more brutal punishment than what the Chinese did, but it was the same basic idea that the government doesn’t want the citizens criticizing what they decide to do. Also, the United States had a time when their government was concerned with their citizens ideas on government. The Red Scare involves communism in the United States. The American government suppressed the remote chance of Communism in the United States. These two events are huge incidences that revolutionize the Cold War, and this event goes right in part with the thoughts of the Government being overthrown by the public.
This is a significant Image because it shows how desperate some people were in receiving equal rights in China. It is sad that he is standing in front of tanks that were sent for the suppression of the riots. He is risking his life so that others can see that what the government was doing was unfair, and get more individual rights.
Click here for Video on the Tank Man Mystery This video shows the shows the horrors that the citizens faced. They were fired at for no reason whatsoever. They weren't doing anything wrong. It tells the basic background of the event with videos of the protests inside the square. This video shows a man crying from the madness that the government was putting on display for the world to watch.That is how sad this event was.
1989: China crushes protests for democracy
In 1986, Citizens were angered at the CCP because they were trying to get scientists to become more active in politics. Since the technology, and great economic growth, international ideas were in the minds of the Chinese citizens. So there were students that wanted to have more individual rights and freedom. By late 1987, the government was forced to stop the “bourgeois liberalism.”
By the Spring of 1989, Hu Yaobang had died, who had been the CCP general secretary beginning in 1980. Yaobang was a supporter of democratic reforms. Hu resigned because of he was forced out. On April 22, 1989, the day of Hu’s funeral, tens of thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square protesting for democracy, social, economic, and political reform. At first, the government didn’t want to harm the protestors, but just warn them for their actions. Soon after this, major cities in China started these same protests for reform. These major Cities included Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi’an, and other large cities.
In the last two weeks of May, the Chinese Government declared Martial Law in Beijing, which is the use of military in certain areas during emergency situations. Troops were stationed around the City, but when they tried to reach Tiananmen Square, citizens prevented soldiers and swarmed the streets to stop them from progressing. Protestors still were filling the City, and most of them stood near the statue of the “Goddess of Democracy.”
In early June, tanks were sent toward the square, crushing or shooting anyone in their path. They cleared the square by the morning, by shooting randomly. This is considered to be a massacre by some reporters. Total counts were 241 killed, and over 7000 hurt. The Chinese government in recent years have been trying to suppress the event’s history.
The event is important because the type of government that the Chinese uses is the same as the Soviet Union during the Cold War, which is communism. This event reminds me of what the Soviet Union used to suppress their citizens. Obviously the Soviets used more brutal punishment than what the Chinese did, but it was the same basic idea that the government doesn’t want the citizens criticizing what they decide to do. Also, the United States had a time when their government was concerned with their citizens ideas on government. The Red Scare involves communism in the United States. The American government suppressed the remote chance of Communism in the United States. These two events are huge incidences that revolutionize the Cold War, and this event goes right in part with the thoughts of the Government being overthrown by the public.
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This is a significant Image because it shows how desperate some people were in receiving equal rights in China.
It is sad that he is standing in front of tanks that were sent for the suppression of the riots. He is risking his life so that others can
see that what the government was doing was unfair, and get more individual rights.
Click here for Video on the Tank Man Mystery
This video shows the shows the horrors that the citizens faced. They were fired at for no reason whatsoever.
They weren't doing anything wrong. It tells the basic background of the event with videos of the protests inside the square.
This video shows a man crying from the madness that the government was putting on display for the world to watch.That is how sad this event was.
Citations:
"Tiananmen Square incident" Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica
Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
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