英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 94（在线收听）

 Wk 23 (4 June 1989)

Chinese Troops Kill ProtestersThis Week in HistoryChinese troops kill thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

In 1989, the Chinese government used military force to suppress a pro-democracy demonstration by tens of thousands of unarmed citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. The exact number of deaths is not known, but is believed to be in the thousands. The suppression put an end to a growing pro-democracy movement led mainly by students but including people from all walks of life in the communist state.