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Protests for Democracy
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Hu Yaobang: political change
- Wanted to replace orthodox communists
- conservative communists didn't supported
- Deng Xiaoping supported him, but couldn't ignore the party conservatives
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Students protest started, Dec
- Beijing and Shanghai
- 30,000 students marched in Shanghai
- condemned government, demanded greater political changes
- government banned protests (threat)
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Students marched to Tian'anmen
- police intervention, violent suppression
- Hu Yaobang tried to protect students, was blamed and removed
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Death of Hu Yaobang
- liberal man
- Students in Beijing to Tian'anmen
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Hu's memorial service
- students made demands outside
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People's Daily Editorial
- Deng warned to people not to protest
- People's Daily was the mouthpiece of the party
- Party's attitude towards student movements
- However, students ignored this
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Occupied Tian'anmen Square
- students began hunger strike
- anniversary of May 4th movements
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Gorbachev's visit
- students' protest was humiliation for Deng
- showed that he couldn't control students' protest
- lots of world media were there to report on the meeting of Deng and Borbachev ->also reported on the protest and the massacre
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Other groups joined
- not only students, but also workers etc.
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CCP officials met students
- Zhao met students and apologised, he was removed
- Li Peng was angry at student representatives
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Martial Law
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PLA moved into Tian'anmen Square
- 200,000 soldiers moved into the square
- dragged down the statue of goddess of democracy
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Students stopped protesting
- Students went back to home
- young leaders arrested, died, or moved to abroad