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Beijing University Beijing University student leader argues student leader argues with a policeman about with a policeman about the students' right to the students' right to march. They are told march. They are told not to march when not to march when emerging from their emerging from their campus in Beijing, campus in Beijing, China, on April 27, China, on April 27, 1989. Students from 1989. Students from more than forty more than forty universities march to universities march to Tiananmen Square in Tiananmen Square in protest of a newspaper protest of a newspaper article despite warnings article despite warnings of violent suppression. of violent suppression.

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student leader argues student leader argues with a policeman about with a policeman about the students' right to the students' right to march. They are told march. They are told not to march when not to march when emerging from their emerging from their campus in Beijing, campus in Beijing, China, on April 27, China, on April 27, 1989. Students from 1989. Students from more than forty more than forty universities march to universities march to Tiananmen Square in Tiananmen Square in protest of a newspaper protest of a newspaper article despite warnings article despite warnings of violent suppression. of violent suppression.

Calling for freedom and Calling for freedom and democracy, democracy, demonstrating students demonstrating students surround policemen surround policemen near Tiananmen Square near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, in Beijing, China, Thursday afternoon on Thursday afternoon on May 4, 1989. May 4, 1989. Approximately 100,000 Approximately 100,000 students and workers students and workers marched toward the marched toward the square demanding square demanding democratic reforms. democratic reforms.

The bodies of dead The bodies of dead civilians lie among civilians lie among mangled bicycles near mangled bicycles near Beijing's Tiananmen Beijing's Tiananmen Square early June 4, Square early June 4, 1989. Tanks and 1989. Tanks and soldiers stormed the soldiers stormed the area overnight, area overnight, bringing a violent end bringing a violent end to student to student demonstrations for demonstrations for democratic reform in democratic reform in China. China.

A rickshaw driver A rickshaw driver fiercely peddles the fiercely peddles the wounded people, with wounded people, with the help of bystanders, the help of bystanders, to a nearby hospital to a nearby hospital Sunday, June 4, 1989. Sunday, June 4, 1989. PLA soldiers again PLA soldiers again fired hundreds of fired hundreds of rounds towards angry rounds towards angry crowds gathered crowds gathered outside Tiananmen outside Tiananmen Square at noon. Square at noon.

soldiers locked in soldiers locked in arms try to march arms try to march past a human past a human blockade of students blockade of students outside of the Great outside of the Great Hall of People in this Hall of People in this June 3, 1989 photo. June 3, 1989 photo. Soldiers were Soldiers were reported to resort to reported to resort to teargas and gunfire. teargas and gunfire.

Beijing residents Beijing residents ask soldiers what ask soldiers what they were going to they were going to do with the do with the machine gun on machine gun on their dashboard as their dashboard as they surround and they surround and stop a carload of stop a carload of Chinese soldiers on Chinese soldiers on their way towards their way towards Tiananmen Square.Tiananmen Square.

A Chinese man A Chinese man wearing a T-shirt wearing a T-shirt with protest with protest slogans is tackled slogans is tackled by a military by a military policeman after he policeman after he threw leaflets that threw leaflets that said the said the government was government was corrupt (dirty). corrupt (dirty).

A student protester A student protester puts baracades in puts baracades in the way of a the way of a burning armored burning armored tank that rammed tank that rammed through student through student lines during an lines during an army attack on pro-army attack on pro-democracy democracy demonstrators in demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.Tiananmen Square.

A Chinese man stands A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of alone to block a line of tanks heading east on tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. The on June 5, 1989. The man, calling for an end man, calling for an end to the recent violence to the recent violence and bloodshed against and bloodshed against pro-democracy pro-democracy demonstrators, was demonstrators, was pulled away by pulled away by bystanders, and the bystanders, and the tanks continued on tanks continued on their way. their way.

Liu Gang, a leader of Liu Gang, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy Square democracy movement who movement who served a six-year served a six-year prison sentence in prison sentence in northeast China, has northeast China, has fled to the United fled to the United States because States because constant police constant police harassment in harassment in China.China.

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