HISTORY
THE WORLD TODAY
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Question
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the Tiananmen Square protests
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the Chinese takeover of Tibet
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Deng Xiaoping’s Four Modernizations
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the Beijing Olympics
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Detailed explanation-1: -The protesters, based in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, were peacefully calling for political and economic reform. In response, the Chinese authorities responded with overwhelming force to repress the demonstrations. Military units were brought in and unarmed protesters and onlookers were killed en masse.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States Congress and media criticized the military action. President George H. W. Bush suspended military sales and visits to that country. Large scale protests against the Chinese government took place around the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The square contains the Monument to the People’s Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China in the square on October 1, 1949; the anniversary of this event is still observed there.