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Tiananmen Square protests

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AP Comparative Government

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The Tiananmen Square protests were pro-democracy demonstrations that took place in Beijing, China in 1989. Thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square calling for political reform but were met with violent suppression from the Chinese government.

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