1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre

1.2 million people were in the square and almost a million died and thousands injured that horrible day. The whole world was watching that brutal day when the army went in the square and killed thousands. In 1989 Tiananmen square beijing people all over the city were protesting for freedom of speech and press. A line of tanks were coming in the square. A man ran in front of the tanks and stopped them. He took a stand against the army and the tanks. He was surely going to die. He caused other cities to protest all around the country.
They made martial law because of the protests. They made martial law in May 19th 1989. Martial law was made to stop people from protesting. After martial law was made thousands of soldiers came into

(Tiananmen Square). People gathered for freedom, because they wanted to be free. Hu, an important person, was a symbol of hope for them. (The Tank). They were marching through the streets. Another person in the event was Wang dan, he was the student leader for all of the students. He was ordered to be killed after the massacre. A day after he died people made a documentary showing his life and all he did in the square. They were not going to stop until they got what they wanted. They were there for a few days, waiting and waiting. It was mostly students, but there were some adults as well. The students were mostly college kids. (Tiananmen Square). Hu was a high ranking official in china's government. He was close to running the country. He died of a sudden heart attack. A week after the funeral people started to protest. They wanted freedom of the press, of speech, and government accountability.(Hu

They tried many different ways like marching through streets and doing a hunger strike. People were rioting through the streets. Nothing worked. There were thousands injured. Many died that day.(Tiananmen Square). After it spread to other cities the decided to use force. The number of deaths was not exact, but it was in the thousands. When tank man left. There were many arrests. (ZME science). A couple years after tank man people talked to the former leader of china and he doesn’t know if he was imprisoned, killed, or is still alive somewhere in the world.
There were many effects by this. They have blocked all searches about tank man. Many people do not know what he did. Police could not find him after all this time. It is still a mystery about who he is. People were not allowed to take pictures of the event. Many people around the world is unaware of what he did. Police do not know if he is died or not. (Tiananmen Square). No one knows what he said to the people in the tanks. Each ten years many people gather in Hong Kong to commemorate the 1989