Tiananmen Square Protests

Tiananmen Square in Beijing has been the central point for several major historical protests, with their most commonly referred to Chinese name in parentheses.

  • May Fourth Movement, Tiananmen Square protests of 1919 (The May Fourth Movement for Science and Democracy)
  • Tiananmen Incident, Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 (The April Fifth Movement)
  • Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (The June Fourth Incident, or the 1989 Movement for Democracy)
  • Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident, allegedly involving Falun Gong practitioners (23 January 2001)

Famous quotes containing the word square:

    “I would say it was the coffin of a midget
    Or a square baby
    Were there not such a din in it.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)