14h 10min, may 14, 1989 y - The Tiananman Square Massacre

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The Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Four Modernizations encouraged many Chinese to speak out, some calling for a “fifth modernization” --democracy.
In the spring of 1989, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators met at Tiananmen Square, and students staged a hunger strike, ignoring the government's orders to leave.
Chinese leaders took action in early June, with tanks and armed troops shooting at people on the streets, resulting in hundreds of killed and wounded.
The Chinese government’s actions stunned the West, so most nations and international aid agencies stopped or cut back on loans, and tourists did not visit.
Now, China needed new sources of income, resulting in Jiang Zemin, China’s president after 1993, to develop a new plan, which involved the government giving up control of thousands of private owned properties. The plan was a failure, leaving millions of individuals in poverty and job-less

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