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30 years ago: Tiananmen Square protests

Student-led pro-democracy protests in China lasted over seven weeks in 1989 and became China’s greatest political upheaval since the end of the Cultural Revolution more than a decade earlier.

June 4 marks 30 years since the protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square ended in bloodshed. Hundreds, if not thousands, of unarmed protesters and onlookers were killed late on June 3 and in the early hours of June 4 as a result of the military action.

See photos from 1989.

Note: Some of the photos are graphic.

Protesters occupying Beijing's Tiananmen Square work on the statue of the Goddess of Democracy, May 30, 1989. The makeshift statue, modeled after the Statue of Liberty, was destroyed, and hundreds of people killed, when Chinese soldiers overran the square in the early morning hours of June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

The driver of an armoured personnel carrier that rammed through student lines, injuring many, lies dead after being beaten by students who set his vehicle on fire during an army attack on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

**WARNING: Graphic Content.** Beijing citizens yell oaths against the government as they gather around the body of a man who died when an armoured personnel carrier on its way to Tiananmen Square crashed through a troop convoy which had been stopped by people on Saturday, June 4, 1989 in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

The bodies of dead civilians lie among mangled bicycles near Beijing's Tiananmen Square in this June 4, 1989 file photo. A leading pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong insisted that Chinese troops did not massacre people during the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, in Beijing, local media reported Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/File)

A rickshaw driver fiecely peddles the wounded people, with the help of bystanders, to a nearby hospital Sunday, June 4, 1989. PLA soldiers again fired hundreds of rounds towards angry crowds gathered outside Tiananmen Square at noon. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

Local residents loaded the wounded people on a rickshaw flatbed shortly after PLA soldiers opened fire on a crowd in this June 4, 1989 photo. On Friday, it will be 10 years since the military assault that killed hundreds and ended seven weeks of protests centered on Tiananmen Square.(AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

A man tries to pull a Chinese soldier away from his comrades as thousands of Beijing citizens turned out to block thousands of troops on their way towards Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 3, 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A student pro-democracy protester flashes victory signs to the crowd as People's Liberation Army troops withdraw on the west side of the Great Hall of the People near Tiananmen Square on Saturday, June 3, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A huge crowd gathers to watch as students protesters burn copies of Beijing Daily in retaliation for anti-student articles in front of the newspaper?s offices on Friday, June 2, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Two amateur photographers line up their snapshots of Beijing's newest tourist attraction, the democracy statue erected by protesting students in Tiananmen Square, Thursday, June 1, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

A student protester from the Political Science and Law University leads pro-democracy, anti-government chants in front of the Chang Ping Bicycle Stadium in an attempt to disrupt an officially sponsored pro-government rally going on inside, Thursday, June 1, 1989, Beijing, China. The protesters kept most of the rally participants from entering the stadium. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A student leader from the Political Science and Law University leads a victory cheer as hundreds of students realize they have successfully disrupted a officially sponsored pro-government rally at the Chang Ping Bicycle Stadium outside Beijing, June 1, 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

People grab for copies of a student newsletter printed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on May 31, 1989. News from any source is welcome in China because of the government censorship of the official press. (AP Photo/Staff/Widener)

A Chinese couple on a bicycle take cover at an underpass as tanks deploy overhead in eastern Beijing, China, June 5, 1989. Chinese troops crushed a pro-democracy demonstration held by students and other demanding democratic reform in Tiananmen Square on June 4. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

A plainclothes policeman tells students protesting in front of Beijing police headquarters that their activities violate martial law, May 30, 1989, in Beijing. The protest was over the alleged arrest of three organizers of an independent workers union. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Some 1,000 students and workers rally at Beijing police headquarters, May 30, 1989, to protest the alleged arrests of labor leaders sympathetic to the students' pro- democracy struggle. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A child sleeps on his mother's shoulder as she crosses Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on May 29, 1989. Many students have tired and returned to their classes following three weeks of pro-democratic rallies. (AP Photo/Staff/Widener)

Students decorate the new tents in a Tiananmen Square camp with a banner and Mao portrait, Monday, May 29, 1989, Beijing, China. The tents were donated by a Hong Kong university. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

A man who identified himself as a former political prisoner relates his experiences to striking students in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on May 28, 1989. Students have held the square in a democracy demonstration for more than two weeks. (AP Photo/Staff/Widener)

Beijing University students listen as an unidentified strike spokesman details plans for a rally in Tiananmen Square, which they have occupied for the last two weeks, Sunday, May 28, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Students picket Communist Party headquarters in Beijing, May 28, 1989, calling for the ouster of Premier Li Peng. Poster at center is a caricature of Li sitting on a tank. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Striking Beijing university students take a mid-day break with an umbrella to protect them from the heat, May 28, 1989 in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Several thousand students have occupied the square in a democracy demonstration for more that two weeks. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

University students rest in Tainanmen Square, Beijing, on May 26, 1989, wher their strike for government reforms is in its 13th day. (AP Photo/Staff/Widener)

A Beijing University student sounds off during a rally in Tiananmen Square, Thursday, May 25, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

A student leads protesters in a demonstration involving an estimated 500,000 people in Canton, Southern China, on Tuesday, May 24, 1989 in Canton to support a pro-democracy movement and demands for the resignation of Chinese Premier Li Peng. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A young woman is caught between civilians and Chinese soldiers, who were trying to remove her from an assembly near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 3, 1989. Pro-democracy protesters had been occupying Tiananmen Square for weeks. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Buses are used by sympathizers to Beijing university students occupying Tiananmen Square to secure the city from government troops, May 22, 1989. Streets into and out of the city have been turned into obstacle courses. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A young Chinese girl dances on Tiananmen Square about June 1, 1989, as pro-democracy protesters continued to occupy the square. Hundreds were killed a few days later in violent clashes between the demonstrators and government troops. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Two Beijing university students use one another as pillows to get some sleep in Tiananmen Square, May 23, 1989. They have occupied the square for 10 days. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)

In this photo taken on June 5, 1989 and made available for the first time by the AP on Thursday June 4, 2009, three unidentified men flee the scene, as a Chinese man, background left, stands alone to block a line of approaching tanks, background right, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The man in the background stood his ground and blocked the column of tanks when they came closer, an image captured on film by numerous other photographers and one that ultimately became a widely reproduced symbol of events there. The photograph was taken by then-AP reporter Terril Jones and came to light after online discussions of the incident coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. (AP Photo/Terril Jones)

FILE - In this May 30, 1989 file photo, the portrait of Mao Zedong faces off a statue dubbed "The Goddess of Democracy" by students from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, who modeled it after the Statue of Liberty, during the student protest on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The legacy of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square looms larger in Hong Kong than in mainland China, where the Communist Party has virtually erased all public mention of it. In this former British colony, hundreds of thousands attend candlelight vigils each anniversary to commemorate the grim end to the Beijing movement that was vanquished before many of the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong's streets were even born. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener, File)

FILE - In this early June 4, 1989 file photo, civilians with rocks stand on a government armored vehicle near Chang'an Boulevard in Beijing as violence escalated between pro-democracy protesters and Chinese troops, leaving hundreds dead overnight. The legacy of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square looms larger in Hong Kong than in mainland China, where the Communist Party has virtually erased all public mention of it. In this former British colony, hundreds of thousands attend candlelight vigils each anniversary to commemorate the grim end to the Beijing movement that was vanquished before many of the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong's streets were even born. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener, File)

A student protester puts barricades in the path of an already burning armored personnel carrier that rammed through student lines during an army attack on anti-government demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, early June 4, 1989. A govenment soldier who escaped the armored vehicle was killed by the mob. Pro-democracy protesters occupied the square for seven weeks; hundreds died in the early hours of June 4, 1989 when troops shot their way through Beijing's streets to retake the square. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Chinese troops and tanks gather in Beijing, June 5, 1989, one day after the military crackdown that ended a seven week pro-democracy demonstration on Tiananmen Square. Hundreds were killed in the early morning hours of June 4. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

FILE - In this April 18, 1989 file photo, a Chinese student leader reads a list of demands to students staging a sit-in in front of Beijing's Great Hall of the People. A quarter century after the Communist Partys attack on demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, the ruling party prohibits public discussion and 1989 is banned from textbooks and Chinese websites. (AP Photo/Kathy Wilhelm, File)

A woman soldier sings among pro-democracy protesters occupying Beijing's Tiananmen Square, about June 2, 1989. Police and military would occasionally mix with protesters in an attempt to keep the demonstration peaceful. In the early morning hours of June 4, 1989, soldiers overran the square, leaving hundreds dead overnight. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

A student protester puts barricades in the path of an already burning armored personnel carrier that rammed through student lines during an army attack on anti-government demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, early June 4, 1989. A govenment soldier who escaped the armored vehicle was killed by demonstrators. Pro-democracy protesters occupied the square for seven weeks; hundreds died in the early hours of June 4, 1989 when troops shot their way through Beijing's streets to retake the square. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

An anti-government protester in Beijing holds a rifle in a bus window, June 3, 1989. Pro-democracy protesters had been occupying Tiananmen Square for weeks; hundreds died that night and the following morning in clashes with Chinese troops. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Morning activity in Beijing's Tiananmen Square is reflected in the wet pavement, May 24,1989, following a downpour the night before. In the background are the Martyrs monument and beyond that, Mao's mausoleum. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Beijing University students put the finishing touches on the Goddess of Democracy, modeled after the Statue of Liberty, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 30, 1989. the Styrofoam statue stands about 30 feet high. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Civilians hold rocks as they stand on a government armored vehicle near Chang'an Boulevard in Beijing, early June 4, 1989. Violence escalated between pro-democracy protesters and Chinese troops, leaving hundreds dead overnight. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Protesters from all walks of life and all age groups march for democracy in the streets of Beijing near Tiananmen Square, May 23, 1989. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)

In this June 4, 1989 file photo, a rickshaw driver peddles wounded people, with the help of bystanders, to a nearby hospital in Beijing after they were injured during clashes with Chinese soldiers in Tiananmen Square. The crackdown ended a period of relative political openness, led to the downfall of Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang and plunged Beijing into diplomatic isolation that lasted until the late 1990s. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

Beijing university students wave fists and flags as five Chinese military helicopters buzz Tiananmen Square at dawn, May 21, 1989. Students have occupied the square for more than a week resulting in the declaration of martial law by Chinese authorities. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Crowds on all sides leave motor traffic no place to go as democracy protestors fill the streets of Beijing, Wednesday, May 17, 1989. (AP Photo/Kathy Wilhelm)

Pro-democracy demonstrators continue to occupy Beijing's Tiananmen Square, about June 2, 1989. In the early morning hours of June 4, 1989, soldiers overran the square and surrounding area, leaving hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Students holding Beijing's Tiananmen Square sleep early on May 22, 1989, as the government's ultimatum to clear the square by dawn passes without incident. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Beijing residents don raincoats and use umbrellas against a light rain as the gather in the streets to exchange precious information about the actions of the military in the capital, Tuesday, June 6, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A truck drives Chinese soldiers down Chang'an Boulevard in Beijing, June 5, 1989, one day after violence between government troops and pro-democracy protesters left hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

A crowd of Chinese opens hole to give a busload of foreign tourists a view of a dead body Monday morning, June 5, 1989, of victim of the first night of violence as People's Liberation Army troops shot their way into Tiananmen Square to crush pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A huge crowd gathers at a Beijing intersection where residents used a bus as a roadblock to keep troops from advancing toward Tiananmen Square in this June 3, 1989 photo. Friday June 4, 1999 is the 10th anniversary of the military assault on pro-democracy protestors who had occupied the square for seven weeks. Hundreds died in the early hours of June 4, 1989 when troops shot their way through Beijing's streets to retake the square. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

More than seven thousand students from local colleges and universities march to Tiananmen Square, Beijing, May 4, 1989, to demonstrate for government reform. (AP Photo/Mikami)

Chinese dissident Wang Dan addresses fellow students during a demonstration in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in this May 1989 photo. China denied a report Thursday, April 2, 1998 that it made a deal with the United States to release Wang, now jailed for his leadership of 1989 pro-democracy movement. But the Chinese government left open the possibility that he could be paroled on medical grounds. The characters on Wang's headband translate as `hunger strike'. (AP Photo)

A student at Beijing University points to a map of the march route on a poster up on campus as he recounts a tale of how marchers pushed through police lines on their way to Tiananmen Square, April 28, 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Jubilant student marchers, arms lined, pass under a bridge lined with local supporters, Thursday, April 27, 1989, Beijing, China. Students in the ten of thousands from several Beijing schools demonstrated in defiance of a government ban. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Chinese students link arms in solidarity at dawn on Saturday, April 22, 1989 in Beijings Tiananmen Square after spending the night there in order to be on hand for memorial services for the late purged party chief Hu Yaobang. The students defied warnings against demonstrating and gathered by the tens of thousands forcing officials to back down and allow them to stay. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Students from Beijing University of Engineering carry a banner, top, reading 'Democracy, Bathed in Blood,' as they march into Beijing's Tiananmen Square to join tens of thousands of other students early on Saturday, April 22, 1989. The students plan to spend the night in the square and wait for the funeral of Hu Yaobang later in the day. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A student leader tries in vain to settle down a crowd of Beijing University students who converged on the Chinese Communist Party headquarters at Zhongnanhai early on Wednesday, April 19, 1989 in Beijing after demonstrating in Tiananmen Square all day on Tuesday. The students later tried to storm the gate, but were fought by Chinese security. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Beijing University students relax in Tiananmen Square as their hunger strike for democracy begins a fourth day on Tuesday, May 16, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Bicycle commuters, sparse in numbers, pass through a tunnel as above on the overpass military tanks are positioned in Beijing, China, two days after the Tiananmen Square massacre,on Tuesday morning, June 6, 1989. The slogan on the wall at left reads, "Strike down martial law." (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. The man, calling for an end to the recent violence and bloodshed against pro-democracy demonstrators, was pulled away by bystanders, and the tanks continued on their way. The Chinese government crushed a student-led demonstration for democratic reform and against government corruption, killing hundreds, or perhaps thousands of demonstrators in the strongest anti-government protest since the 1949 revolution. Ironically, the name Tiananmen means "Gate of Heavenly Peace". (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

A man tries to pull a Chinese soldier away from his comrades as thousands of Beijing's citizens turned out to block thousands of troops on their way towards Tiananmen Square early Saturday morning, June 3, 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A student from Beijing Normal University reads a pro-democracy statement to Chinese troops trapped by Beijing residents after being stopped on their way to Tiananmen Square in this June 3, 1989 photo. Friday June 4, 1999 is the 10th anniversary of the military assault on pro-democracy protesters who had occupied the square for seven weeks. Hundreds died in the early hours of June 4, 1989 when troops shot their way through Beijing's streets to retake the square. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Students of Teachers University raise their hands to appeal to supporting citizens near Tiananmen Square, Thursday, May 4, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

PLA soldiers locked in arms try to march past a human blockade of students outside of the Great Hall of People in this June 3, 1989 photo. Soldiers were reported to resort to teargas and amunitions. On Friday, it will be 10 years since the military assault that killed hundreds and ended seven weeks of protests centered on Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

A statue modelled after the Statiue of Liberty is ready for unveiling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, May 30, 1989. The 30-foot styrofoam statue was erected by striking university students. In the background is the Great hall. (AP photo/Liu Heung Shing)

Students at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts, put the finishing touches on the Goddess of Democracy, modeled after the Statue of Liberty, May 29, 1989 in Beijing. The styrofoam statue will be taken to the Tiananmen Square protesters once it is completed. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

This is a May 27, 1989 photo of student leader Wang Dan in Tiananmen Square Beijing calling for a city wide march. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

The famous portrait of Chairman Mao looking out over Tiananmen Square, Beijing, from the Forbidden City, May 23, 1989, was spattered with paint during the continuing demonstration in the square. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A young unidentified couple, two out of thousands of university students who are holding Tiananmen Square occupied for nine days, pass the time with a lively dance on Monday morning, May 22, 1989 in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

A striking Beijing University student is given first aid by medics at a field hospital in Tiananmen Square at Beijing, Wednesday, May 17, 1989, the fourth day of their hunger strike for democracy. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Beijing youths ride atop a car as they parade to Tiananmen Square for a freedom rally, Wednesday, May 17, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Beijing University students relax in Tiananmen Square as their hunger strike continues into its fifth day in Beijing, Wednesday, May 17, 1989. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Calling for freedom and democracy, demonstrating students surround policemen near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Thursday afternoon on May 4, 1989. Approximately 100,000 students and workers marched toward the square demanding democratic reforms. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

University students hold hands as they sing the Chinese National Anthem during a protest, April 21, 1989 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Pro Democracy demonstrators carry portraits of former Chinese rulers Mao Tse-Tung and Chou En-Lai as they march to join student strikers at Tiananmen Square, May 18, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

An unidentified Peoples' Liberation Army soldier sits alone with his weapons after his convoy was stopped by demonstrators, Sunday, May 21, 1989, Beijing, China. In the background are some of the demonstrators. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

An unidentified student demonstrator offers food to Peoples' Liberation Army troops in Feng Tai near Beijing, Sunday, May 21, 1989. Their convoy was stopped by roadblocks as they were en route to the capital. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

An unidentified mother introduces her son to a martial law soldier on an army truck, 8 kilometers west of Tiananmen Square, Saturday, May 20, 1989, Beijing, China. Citizens surrounded and stopped the force. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Unidentified demonstrators showing victory signs head to Tiananmen Square, Saturday, May 20, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

A Beijing University student reads list of goals in their occupation of Tiananmen Square to Peoples' Liberation Army troops, Saturday, May 20, 1989, Beijing, China. The troops, en route to the square, were turned back by the crowds. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Unidentified Beijing University students move their belongings from Tiananmen Square after ending their fast, Friday, May 20, 1989, Beijing, China. They vowed to occupy the square until the government agrees to their demands. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Unidentified Beijing youths chant as they drive to Tiananmen Square to lend their enthusiastic support to striking university students, Friday, May 19, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Unidentified Beijing University students catch a nap on cases of soft drinks in Tiananmen Square, Friday, May, 19, 1989, Beijing, China. They are in their sixth day of a hunger strike for political reform. (AP Photo/Kathy Wilhelm)

People's Revolutionary Army cadets join the protest at Beijing's Tiananmen Square where students have held a hunger strike since on Saturday, May 18, 1989 demanding political reform. Thousands of sympathizers have joined the students in their protest. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Students and police link arms to keep crowds of people, many of these relatives of strikers, from Tiananmen Square, where students have been on hunger strike since Saturday, Thursday, May 18, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Demonstrators parade past the Gate of Heavenly Peace and the portrait of Mao Tse-Tung, toward rally in Tiananmen Square of striking students, Thursday, May 18, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami

Tens of thousands of students and citizens crowd at the Martyr's Monument at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, April 21, 1989. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Early morning demonstrators carry a portrait of Mao Tse-Tung as they march to Tiananmen Square where students have camped, demanding political reform, May 18, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Demonstrators for democracy parade through the streets enroute to Tiananmen Square in support of striking students, Thursday, May 18, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Enthusiastic demonstrators are cheered by bystanders as they arrive at Tiananmen Square to show support for the student hunger strike, Thursday, May 18, 1989, Beijing, China. Students are striking for government reforms. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

A truck is almost buried in people as it makes its way through the crowd of thousands gathered in Tiananmen Square for a pro-democracy rally, Wednesday, May 17, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Tiananmen Square is filled with thousands during a pro-democracy rally, Wednesday, May 17, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Bus riders wave support to demonstrators for democracy as they march to a rally in Tiananmen Square, Wednesday, May 17, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)

A pedestrian salutes a truck load of democracy demonstrators as they parade through Beijing enroute to Tiananmen Square for a rally, Wednesday, May 17, 1989, Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)

A truck is almost buried in people as it makes its way through the crowd of thousands gathered in Tiananmen Square in a pro-democracy rally, Wednesday, May 17, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

Employees of CCTV, Central China Television, flash their press cards as they join student strikers for democracy in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at night, Tuesday, May 16, 1989. (AP Photo/ Sadayuki Mikami)

Beijing's Tiananmen Square is filled with thousands of student strikers and sympathizers, Tuesday, May 16, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/ Sadayuki Mikami)

Chinese police try in vain to contain a huge crowd of student marchers during a pro-reform demonstration on Thursday, May 4, 1989 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami)

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