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Tiananmen Square massacre (view source)
Revision as of 08:54, August 10, 2021
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In the months prior to the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], pro-democracy movements worldwide flourished and socialism fell into disrepute. The CCP faced the challenge of large-scale protests in Beijing's [[Tiananmen Square]] and in more than 400 other cities including [[Shanghai]] between April 15, 1989, and June 4, 1989. Not only students, but also government employees, journalists, workers, police officers, members of the armed forces, and other citizens took part in the protests. At least one million residents of Beijing took part in the protests.<ref>https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/one-million-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-beijing</ref>
In the months prior to the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], pro-democracy movements worldwide flourished and socialism fell into disrepute. The CCP faced the challenge of large-scale protests in Beijing's [[Tiananmen Square]] and in more than 400 other cities including [[Shanghai]] between April 15, 1989, and June 4, 1989. Not only students, but also government employees, journalists, workers, police officers, members of the armed forces, and other citizens took part in the protests. At least one million residents of Beijing took part in the protests.<ref>https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/one-million-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-beijing</ref>
Disagreements about how to respond split the top Party leadership and forced out the Party General Secretary at the time, Zhao Ziyang. The decision by Deng Xiaoping, then China's Paramount Leader, to order the [[People's Liberation Army|People's army]] to break up pro-[[democracy]] protests by force undermined the Party's legitimacy.
Disagreements about how to respond split the top Party leadership and forced out the Party General Secretary at the time, Zhao Ziyang. The decisions by Wang Zhen, Li Peng, and Paramount Leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] led them to conclude that the survival of their regime was at stake and order the [[People's Liberation Army]] to break up the pro-[[democracy]] protests by force, undermining the Party's legitimacy.
Martial law was declared on May 20, 1989.
Martial law was declared on May 20, 1989.