On June 4th, 1989, armed forces of the People's Republic of China violently suppressed a seven-week long demonstration in the nation's capital.
The demonstration began following the April 15th death of Hu Yaobang, a progressive government official who favored reforms in favor of capitalism. A day before Hu's funeral supporters gathered in Tiananmen Square to pay tribute to his memory. Before long approximately 100,000 had joined the demonstrators, most of which were students and intellectuals. At the same time demonstrations devolved in other cities around the country. Though the protestors...