Tiananmen

Proper noun

Meaning

A gate near the Forbidden City, Beijing, China.

Short for Tiananmen Square.

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A 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

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