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On This Day: May 20, 1989 - China Declared Martial Law Ahead of Tiananmen Square Massacre

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On This Day: May 20, 1989 - China Declared Martial Law Ahead of Tiananmen Square Massacre.

On this day May 20, 1989, the Chinese government declared martial law in Beijing in response to the growing student-led pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. This marked a critical turning point in what had begun as peaceful protests, as the announcement paved the way for the violent crackdown that would follow in early June.

The demonstrators, made up largely of university students, had been calling for political reform, government accountability and freedom of speech. The...
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