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==Historical Events==
==Historical Events==
Tiananmen Square was the site of many significant events in China's history.
Tiananmen Square was the site of many significant events in China's history.
===May Fourth Movement===
===May Fourth movement===
See the article [[May Fourth Movement]]
See the article [[May Fourth Movement]]
The May Fourth Movement was a reform movement which occurred annually in China from 1917 to 1921. When the [[Treaty of Versailles]] gave the land that [[Germany]] had taken from China to Japan, the Chinese demonstrated against the decision. The Movement was supported by the [[Nationalist Party]] and important intellectuals, such as Hu Feng, [[Hu Shi]] and Ouyang Xiu. Its goal was to reach national independence and freedom for everyone.
The May Fourth Movement was a reform movement which occurred annually in China from 1917 to 1921. When the [[Treaty of Versailles]] gave the land that [[Germany]] had taken from China to Japan, the Chinese demonstrated against the decision. The Movement was supported by the [[Nationalist Party]] and important intellectuals, such as Hu Feng, [[Hu Shi]] and Ouyang Xiu. Its goal was to reach national independence and freedom for everyone.
===April 5 1976 Movement===
===April 5 1976 movement===
People all over the country came to Tiananmen Square after the death of Premier [[Zhou Enlai]] on Chinese Memorial Day in April of 1976. They expressed their grievances in poetry and wall papers complaining about the government's domination by the [[Gang of Four]], with Mao's widow as the head. On April 5, the Memorial Day, the police relentlessly crushed this movement with lances and clubs. The number of people who died in that crackdown is still unknown. In the following several months, the CCP began a nationwide terror campaign by arresting and purging participants.
People all over the country came to Tiananmen Square after the death of Premier [[Zhou Enlai]] on Chinese Memorial Day in April of 1976. They expressed their grievances in poetry and wall papers complaining about the government's domination by the [[Gang of Four]], with Mao's widow as the head. On April 5, the Memorial Day, the police relentlessly crushed this movement with lances and clubs. The number of people who died in that crackdown is still unknown. In the following several months, the CCP began a nationwide terror campaign by arresting and purging participants.
===1979 Xidan Democracy Wall Event===
===1979 Xidan democracy wall event===
Undaunted by the anti-Aptil 5 movement campaign, some young men continued to make harsh criticisms of the policy of no political reform made by Deng Xiaoping, who had just returned to power. They put forward a series of supposedly radical ideas by posting wall papers in Xidan, a busy street to the west of Tiananmen Square. Many of these young men, who had over-optimistically estimated the political atmosphere, were put in jail one after another. Wei Jingsheng, one of the most famous dissidents in China, spent 15 years in jail until he was released in 1993.
Undaunted by the anti-Aptil 5 movement campaign, some young men continued to make harsh criticisms of the policy of no political reform made by Deng Xiaoping, who had just returned to power. They put forward a series of supposedly radical ideas by posting wall papers in Xidan, a busy street to the west of Tiananmen Square. Many of these young men, who had over-optimistically estimated the political atmosphere, were put in jail one after another. Wei Jingsheng, one of the most famous dissidents in China, spent 15 years in jail until he was released in 1993.