Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

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 protest denounced China's economic instability and political corruption and was violently suppressed by the PRC government.

External links

• The U.S. "Tiananmen Papers"
• CIA's War Against China
• Graham Earnshaw's eye witness account of events on the night of June 4
• Journal of Foreign Affairs: The Tiananmen Papers
• TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE 1989—Comprehensive Link List
• Frontline: The Gate of Heavenly Peace
• A documentary film
• The Myth of Tiananmen And the Price of a Passive Press, by Jay Mathews, Columbia Journalism Review
• The Tiananmen Square Confrontation, Alternative Insight
• State Department declassified documents
• TIME: The Unknown Rebel
• Global Tiananmen Vigil - Remember the victims of the June 4 massacre by lighting a candle in your window
• Eyewitness account of the massacre
• Report of US government's involvement in TAM protest training provided by Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency operative Col. Robert Helvey