25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests The 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 was principally events that occurred in China and elsewhere on and leading up to 4 June 2014—to commemorate the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. On June 2, at least 1,900 participants attended a protest in Hong Kong to remember the 1989 student protest movement and to demand an end to one-party rule in China. In the run-up to the anniversary, the authorities in the People's Republic of China detained and silenced dissidents as in previous years. Targets
Instances of Insubordination in the PLA during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. began shooting at protesters out of frustration. After firing shots into the air, in response to brick and bottle throwing by the crowd, the troops became enraged and fired into the crowd. According to him: "No one said to shoot, but it was, like, We're going to teach them a lesson, and then those soldiers unleashed their fury, You pulled the trigger and bang, bang, bang, it was like rain, the noise shaking the heavens." The high-rise apartment blocks along Changan Boulevard, leading to Tiananmen Square, were subjected to indiscriminate gunfire from the troops below. Documentary evidence of the Tiananmen