Proper noun
A gate near the Forbidden City, Beijing, China.
Short for Tiananmen Square.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgA ban on gatherings of more than eight people has been extended to June 4, the day of an annual candlelight vigil to mark the Chinese military’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Source: Internet
According to Shen, the trigger for the famous Tiananmen hunger-strikes of 1989 was a big-character poster ( dazibao ), a form of public political discussion that gained prominence during the Cultural Revolution. Source: Internet
After the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, many of the young leaders of those protests fled to the US and to Taiwan — where they largely remain. Source: Internet
After ousting Hua Guofeng and assuming control of China in 1980, Deng Xiaoping released those arrested in the Tiananmen Incident as part of a broader effort to reverse the effects of the Cultural Revolution. Source: Internet
After the events of June 4, 1989 in Tiananmen Square, few if any scar dramas were released domestically in mainland China. Source: Internet
Another pro-democracy rally usually held on June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, has been canceled as a result of the pandemic. Source: Internet