1989 Tiananmen Square protests June 2009, the BBC aired the documentary "Kate Adie returns to Tiananmen" in which documented reporter Kate Adie's return to China, where Adie recalls the events she witnessed in 1989. In May 1998, Indonesian general Prabowo Subianto threatened "Tiananmen Square massacre" in Jakarta to suppress student-led demonstrations against President Suharto. CNN news anchor Kyra Phillips drew criticism in March 2006 when she compared the 2006 youth protests in France, in which it was later determined that no one was killed, to the Tiananmen Square protests, saying: "Sort of brings back memories of Tiananmen Square, when you saw these activists in
Funding of student organizations during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests Funding of student organizations during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests The catalyst for the birth of the Pro-Democracy Movement was the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989. Beginning in late April until June 3 large crowds gathered in Tiananmen Square. During this period a significant amount of money was donated to the student organizations, it was spent on providing food, water and other supplies required to sustain the many thousands of protesters who occupied the Square. Virtually every day large numbers of people gathered in the Square to demonstrate, on some days tens of thousands of people took