Social Mvmts: Chinese Democracy Movement (八九民运)

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Chinese Democracy Movement, May 1989 Photo credit: Patrick Zachmann — at Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
Chinese Democracy Movement, May 1989 Photo credit: Patrick Zachmann — at Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
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student movement leader, Chai Ling, speaks to the crowd, Beijing, China, 1989
In this image of Chinese students demonstrating at Tiananmen Square, student movement leader, Chai Ling, speaks to the crowd, Beijing, China, May 28, 1989. Photo credit: Chip HIRES/Gamma-Rapho
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30 Years After Tiananmen Protests, 'The Fight Is Still Going On For China'
A crowd gathers to view the unveiling of the Goddess of Democracy statue, built by the protesters, on Tiananmen Square at the end of May 1989. The statue was destroyed less than a week later as the violent crackdowns began. Photo credit: Jian Liu / Humanitarian China / NPR
During the Chinese Democracy Movement , May/June 1989. Photo credit: Robert Croma — at Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
During the Chinese Democracy Movement , May/June 1989. Photo credit: Robert Croma — at Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
a crowd of people standing in front of a building with a statue on it's side
"Mao and the Goddess" Tiananmen Square, Beijing, May/June 1989 Photo credit: Robert Croma (https://www.flickr.com/photos/croma/7643932108/in/set-72157600003063124)
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Chinese Democracy Movement, May/June 1989. Photo credit: Robert Croma — at Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
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30 Years After Tiananmen Protests, 'The Fight Is Still Going On For China'
Top: Events planned by the student union of Peking University to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement of 1919. Bottom: A portrait of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. The first protests broke out in the heart of the ancient imperial city of Beijing, set off by Hu's death in April 1989. Photo credit: Jian Liu / Humanitarian China / NPR
While there was a jubilant atmosphere in Tiananmen Square, China's leaders planned a new offensive to end the demonstrations and unrest. Communist Party elders approved the decision to put down the "counter-revolutionary riot" by force. Photo credit: AP
While there was a jubilant atmosphere in Tiananmen Square, China's leaders planned a new offensive to end the demonstrations and unrest. Communist Party elders approved the decision to put down the "counter-revolutionary riot" by force. Photo credit: AP
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A protester in Tiananmen Square bares his chest, 1989. The photographer said of this picture, “If you work in news, one of the things you try to do as a still photographer is to try to crystallize the emotion, the tension, of the event you are trying to describe. The history of people tearing their shirts off and baring their chest at the enemy is something the Chinese did in the 1930s during the Japanese invasion.” Photo credit: Stuart Franklin / Magnum Photos
a man holding up a sign with the word liberty written on it in front of a group of people
"Liberty" In Beijing, the number of people joining the protest for democracy grew and eventually spread to cities and universities nationwide. Photo credit: AFP