Tiananmen Square
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Updated: 14 Oct 2018
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Created byAndrew Caleb Sanders
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Massacre beginsDeath of Hu YaobangMartial law declaredLi Peng announced that PLA would soon interveneGoddess of Democracy erectedZhao Ziyang's speechDeng Xiaoping ordered suppression of mvmtNotification that troops would be called inCNN, CBS asked to stop broadcastingPortrait of Mao vandalizedTroops begin to infiltrate city4 intellectuals held hunger strikeTroops tried to invade TiananmenBush announced susp. of arms salesMassive arrests of students/workers beganZiyang relieved of dutiesPeriods
Hu Yaobang General Secretary of Comm PartyOpen Chinese reportingGorbachev visitHunger strikeLive sat relay of foreign news resumed"3 days of press freedom"
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