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Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?
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Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happened in 1989.
The protests took place in Beijing and other Chinese cities in the spring of 1989:
•April-May 1989: Following the death of former General Secretary Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989, students, workers, and other citizens gathered in Tiananmen Square to call for political reform, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and an end to corruption. At their peak, the protests drew over a million people.
•May 20, 1989: The government declared martial law in Beijing.
•June 3-4, 1989: The military was sent in to clear the square and the surrounding streets. The crackdown resulted in hundreds of deaths, with estimates ranging from several hundred to over 1,000, and thousands injured.