Tiananmen Square protests

A People's Liberation Army tank sits below a portrait of Mao Zedong at the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing on June 11, 1989, one week after the crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square.

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'Bearing Witness Is Really All We Have': Memories Of Covering The Tiananmen Aftermath

6:03pm June 04, 2019

by Deborah Amos

NPR's Deborah Amos arrived in Beijing days after authorities cracked down on Tiananmen protesters. She stayed for six weeks and shares her memories of covering a critical time in China's history.

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Students stand face to face with police. Tens of thousands of students from across the country, as well as professors, blue-collar workers and passersby, joined the protests.

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30 Years After Tiananmen Protests, 'The Fight Is Still Going On For China'

1:16pm May 31, 2019

by NPR Staff

Rare photos and testimonies from 1989 portray a bold youth movement that helped shape where China is today and how the world sees it, in spite of authorities' efforts to erase the memory.