Tiananmen Square Protest


 * Still censored by Chinese government
 * June 1989 mass student protest
 * Began with them singing The Internationale
 * Built a statue called The Goddess of Democracy
 * Photo of the man blocking tanks
 * Taken by Jeff Widener
 * Deng Xiaoping put it down
 * Topic of documentary The Gate of Heavenly Peace
 * Precipitated by the death of reformer Hu Yaobang
 * Members of the PLA were called martyrs