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
1989 Tiananmen Square protests for students to gather in large numbers. In university campuses, many posters appeared eulogizing Hu, calling for a revival of Hu's legacy. Within days, most posters were writing about broader political issues, such as freedom of the press, democracy, and corruption. Small spontaneous gatherings to mourn Hu began on 15 April around Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square. On the same day, many students at Peking University (PKU) and Tsinghua University erected shrines, and joined the gathering in Tiananmen Square in a piecemeal fashion. Organized student gatherings also began on a small scale in Xi'an and Shanghai on