Tiananmen Square, 1989
•June 3-4, 1989
•Democracy movements had grown in strength since the arrival of Deng
•May 4 1989 they have mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising
•Many students remain and start a hunger strike
•Li Peng took a harsh stance on this and ordered the PLA to take whatever action necessary
•Army arrives in early June and are reluctant to deal with the crowd
•3 June they broke into the square and opened fire
•400-800 people killed, many were not students and many killed on streets outside of the square
•Reaffirmed China’s hardline on party dissent and public freedoms
•However economic changes were irreversible and 1992 Deng ended price controls
•Democracy movements had grown in strength since the arrival of Deng
•May 4 1989 they have mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising
•Many students remain and start a hunger strike
•Li Peng took a harsh stance on this and ordered the PLA to take whatever action necessary
•Army arrives in early June and are reluctant to deal with the crowd
•3 June they broke into the square and opened fire
•400-800 people killed, many were not students and many killed on streets outside of the square
•Reaffirmed China’s hardline on party dissent and public freedoms
•However economic changes were irreversible and 1992 Deng ended price controls