Estimates of the death toll vary from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more wounded. The protests started on 15 April and were forcibly suppressed on 4 June when the government declared martial law and sent the People's Liberation Army to occupy parts of central Beijing. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre ( Chinese: 天安门大屠杀 pinyin: Tiān'ānmén dà túshā), troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square. The Tiananmen Square protests, known as the June Fourth Incident ( Chinese: 六四事件 pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn) in China, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. No precise figures exist, estimates vary from hundreds to several thousands, both military and civilians (see death toll section) (Head of the United Front Work Department) ( Head of the People's Liberation Army GSD)
Rioters charged with violent crimes were executed in the following months.Protest leaders and pro-democracy activists later exiled or imprisoned.More protests across China in reaction to the crackdown.Several soldiers killed, thousands wounded by rioters on 3 June to 4 June after civilians were killed on 3 June.Hundreds to thousands killed, thousands wounded inside and outside Tiananmen Square.Civilians – including bystanders, protesters (mainly workers), and rioters barricading the People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops – protesters shot by the PLA and police at multiple sites outside of the square in Beijing.Enforcement of martial law declared by Premier Li Peng in certain areas of Beijing executed by force from 3 June 1989 (declared from 20 May 1989 ( ) – 10 January 1990 ( ), 7 months and 3 weeks).Hunger strike, sit-in, occupation of public square Nepotism (especially regarding the children of Zhao Ziyang and Deng Xiaoping)Įnd of corruption within the Chinese Communist Party, as well as democratic reforms, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of association, social equality, democratic input on economic reforms.