Tiananmen protests and crackdown of 1989

There was a conclusion to that incident. The government was decisive in stopping the turbulence.

China has defended a bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing's Tiananmen Square 30 years ago as the “correct policy”

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday

Rights groups and witnesses say hundreds or even thousands may have been killed, but the government has kept a lid on what really happened and the number of dead.

protesters around Beijing's Tiananmen Square 30 years ago

signified his endorsement of martial law and the military’s action against the population.

After the memorial meeting, an extremely small number of people with ulterior purposes continued to take advantage of the young students’ feelings of grief for Comrade Hu Yaobang

This is a planned conspiracy and a disturbance. Its essence is to, once and for all, negate the leadership of the CPC [Chinese Communist Party] and the socialist system

The order, issued by Li Peng, Premier of the State Council, on May 20 stated that, "In view of the serious turmoil in Beijing Municipality

The order, issued by Li Peng, Premier of the State Council, on May 20 stated that

gave carte blanche to Yang Shangkun and Li Peng to enforce martial law and quash the demonstrations.

PLA troops in Tiananmen opened a barrage of rifle and machine gun fire.

causing a large number of casualties.

APCs were set on fire, and demonstrators besieged troops with rocks, bottles, and Molotov cocktails.

deaths from the military assault on Tiananmen Square range from 180 to 500; thousands more have been injured.

casualty estimates vary from 500 to 2600 deaths, with injuries up to 10,000.

civilian casualties probably did not reach the figure of 3,000 used in some press accounts, "they surely far outnumbered official figures."

many if not most of the deaths associated with the crackdown occurred on Changan Avenue and other streets surrounding the square, rather than on Tiananmen Square itself.

the figure put forward by the Chinese Red Cross of 2,600 military and civilian deaths with 7,000 wounded to be "not an unreasonable estimate."

claiming that more than 10,000 people had been killed at Tiananmen.

The deaths of democracy protesters resulted in U.S. sanctions, suspensions of high-level contacts, and a halt in the transfer of military technology.

Yuan said on television 300 people were killed, including 23 students; and 7,000 were injured and 400 soldiers were missing.

State Council spokesman Yuan Mu said on Tuesday that 7,000 people, including 5,000 soldiers, have been injured and 400 other soldiers are missing and may be dead or wounded.

Some officials of China's Red Cross said 2,600 people were killed but Beijing's Red Cross office has refused to provide any figures.

Many of the casualties occurred near Muxidi, when the army was approaching Tiananmen Square.

I didn’t say that no casualties resulted from our efforts to put down the counter-revolutionary rebellion. I only said that no-one died when the [People’s Liberation Army] cleared the Tiananmen Square

On June 30, 1989, Beijing mayor Chen Xitong said 200 died, including 36 university students, and 3,000 non-military personnel were injured.

A member of the Chinese State Council estimated that at least 10,000 civilians were killed in the Tiananmen massacre of June 4, 1989, declassified files reveal.

He said a person – whose name was redacted from the document – passed along the information from an unnamed member of the State Council.

the Chinese military had carried out a massacre ordered by top officials