The Tiananmen Square protests, known as the June Fourth Incident in China, were a series of student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing during 1989.
In the late 1980s, China was experiencing economic reforms and a growing desire for political reform and greater freedoms.
The protests began in April 1989, sparked by the death of Hu Yaobang, a reform-minded Communist Party leader.
The protests were violently suppressed on June 4, 1989, with estimates of deaths ranging from hundreds to thousands.
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