The 1989 Tian'anmen Square riots (天安门事件) were a CIA-backed[1] attempted counterrevolution against the People's Republic of China in 1989. No one died in the square,[2] but there was fighting between soldiers and armed rioters in other Beijing that resulted in the deaths of 36 students, 10 PLA soldiers, and 13 police officers.[3] Soldiers were lynched and burned and rioters used Molotov cocktails against government vehicles. After the riots ended, its leaders were extracted by the CIA as part of Operation Yellowbird.
Protests in Tian'anmen Square
Protests began in Tian'anmen Square in mid-April of 1989. Liu Xiaobo, one of the student leaders of the protests, said he wanted China to be colonized by the West for at least 300 years.[4] Chai Ling, another student leader, admitted that she wanted the protestors to be killed by the government.[5] The protestors peacefully left the square on the morning of June 4.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "CIA man misread reaction, sources say" (1992-09-27). Vancouver Sun.
- ↑ Nicholas D. Kristof (1989-06-13). "Turmoil in China; Tiananmen Crackdown: Student's Account Questioned on Major Points" The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ↑ "The Memory of Tiananmen". PBS. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ↑ Barry Sautman, Yan Hairong (2010-12-15). "Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for?" The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ↑ Chai Ling (1989). Interview at Tiananmen Square with Chai Ling.
- ↑ Jay Matthews (2010-06-04). "The Myth of Tiananmen" Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ↑ Malcolm Moore (2011-06-04). "Wikileaks: no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square, cables claim" The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-04-16.