n the spring of 1989, thousands of Chinese troops entered Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and opened fire on unarmed protesters. As many as 1 million demonstrators — mostly university-age liberals — had gathered there in the weeks prior, campaigning for far-ranging political and economic reforms.
While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had silenced previous demonstrations, the violent retaking of the square on June 4, 1989, was so brutal that it has since become known as the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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