What best describes the cause of the massacre of protestors in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989?

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China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.

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China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.

Answer 3

TianAnMen Square, located in Beijing, China, was the site of mass student protests in 1989. These protests led to the TianAnMen Square Massacre on 4 June 1989.

Hu Yaobang had been an influential Party official, a former CPC (People's Republic of China) General secretary. His liberated ideas caused him to be deposed from his party, but his dreams and concepts of freedom of speech and freedom of press held considerable sway over the students and young people of China. After he died, up to 100,000 students gathered at TianAnMen Square on 21 April 1989 to honour Hu's memory and protest against the autocratic communist government ruling China, demaning to meet with Premier Li Peng. When their demands were denied, students boycotted the universities, marching to TianAnMen Square and calling for democratic reforms, spilling over into the surrounding streets as well. Civil workers, intellectuals, and public servants joined in the demonstrations, filling the square with over a million people.

Due to the ensuing riots, Martial law was declared in Beijing in May, and on 3 June, troops and tanks were deployed to retake the square. The students stood firm in their demands for basic democratic freedoms. On 4 June 1989, between 2,000 and 4,000 students were massacred by the tanks and infantry, although exact figures have never been determined as the Chinese government suppressed the figures. Foreign journalists were forbidden to enter the area, and the local press was also restricted in what it was premitted to print. A number of protestors, including senior officials, were arrested and executed in the subsequent months. The incident sparked international condemnation of China, and harsh economic sanctions were imposed on China until some of those who were arrested were released.

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China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.

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China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.