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In May 1989 students in China started a hunger strike that spread across the country. The government started to worry because the protests messed up a visit from the Soviet leader. Over a million people were protesting in Tiananmen Square and the government sent in over 200,000 troops to try to stop them.

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The protests didn’t stop so the Chinese army attacked Tiananmen Square. Many people tried to run away but some fought back by throwing rocks and burning army trucks. Thousands of people were killed and many were arrested leading other countries to punish China for hurting people’s rights.

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The day after the massacre started a brave man stood in front of a line of tanks trying to stop them. No one knows who he was but people around the world called him “Tiananmen Square Tank Man.”

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After World War 2 China had a civil war where the Communist Party won and started the People’s Republic of China. National day is the day people celebrated in Tiananmen Square. Mao Zedong - the leader of China is buried in a special building in the square.

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People around the world still remember the violence from June 4 and 5. In 1999, the U.S. shared secret documents about what happened showing more details about the protests and how the military reacted.

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The protests of Tiananmen Square happened because people were upset about not having political freedom and dealing with money problems. Students also thought their schools didn’t prepare them for the new economy - some leaders supported them and others saw them as danger.