In the spring of 1989, a significant movement took place in Beijing as tens of thousands of students gathered to mourn a Chinese Communist Party leader who had advocated for a more open and democratic China. This gathering inspired a national movement where hundreds of thousands of people across China expressed their desire for democracy, human rights, and an end to corruption through peaceful protests.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) responded with force, deploying the People’s Liberation Army to suppress these pro-democracy demonstrations by opening fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing's streets and Tiananmen Square. The CCP continues efforts to censor the events, but global memory persists.
On this anniversary, there is a commemoration of those who were killed while exercising their fundamental freedoms and those who continue to seek justice for the events that unfolded on June 4, 1989. "Their courage in the face of certain danger reminds us that the principles of freedom, democracy, and self-rule are not just American principles. They are human principles the CCP cannot erase."
