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1919
En-Lai, Chou
4th May Tiananmen Sqr Leads a student protest against the Versailles Peace Conference
10th May Nankai Arrives in Nankai University to organize student rebellion against western imperialism
22nd Aug Beijing En-Lai organizes a demonstration in Beijing
1919
P'u-i
Tiananmen Sqr Students join in a protest in the Tiananmen Square of Beijing against the European powers' decision to grant German-controlled Shandong to Japan, and thus create a new nationalist Chinese movement ("May Fourth movement")
1919
Tse-Tung, Mao
Peking Student riots in Peking
1931
Kai-Shek, Chiang
Aug Anti-Chinese riots in the Japanese province of Korea, 100 Chinese are killed
1979
Xiaoping, Deng
Beijing Stops the Democracy Wall protests in Beijing
1986
Ziyang, Zhao
Beijing Pro-democracy demonstrations by students in Beijing
1989
Dongfang, Han
Tiananmen Sqr Leads the Workers Federation Group
1989
Peng, Li
Tiananmen Sqr Orders the troops to crush the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square
18th April Tiananmen Sqr Students demand greater democratic freedom
18th April Tiananmen Sqr Students demand the resignations of Deng Xiaoping & Li Peng
19th April Tiananmen Sqr A crowd of 10,000 gathers at Tiananmen Square
27th April Tiananmen Sqr 100,000 defy government troops by marching through the streets & shouting slogans
13th May Tiananmen Sqr About 3,000 students begin a hunger strike
18th May Tiananmen Sqr Meets student leaders to negotiate but asks them to withdraw without preconditions
19th May Tiananmen Sqr Appears on Chinese TV & accuses students of being "counter-revolutionaries"
20th May Tiananmen Sqr The government declares martial law
1989
Xiaoping, Deng
Tiananmen Sqr Imposes a curfew on Beijing
18th April Tiananmen Sqr Students demand greater democratic freedom
18th April Tiananmen Sqr Students demand the resignations of Deng Xiaoping & Li Peng
19th April Tiananmen Sqr A crowd of 10,000 gathers at Tiananmen Square
27th April Tiananmen Sqr 100,000 defy government troops by marching through the streets & shouting slogans
20th May Tiananmen Sqr Students begin a hunger strike
4th June Tiananmen Sqr Pro-democracy demonstrations are crushed in Tiananmen Square
4th June Tiananmen Sqr The government imposes martial law
1989
Yaobang, Hu
Tiananmen Sqr Students celebrate the late leader's liberalism & demand his posthumous rehabilitation

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