China October 2001

Tuesday 9th October

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Tian'anmen Square (Square of Heavenly Peace)

Site of Mao's Mausoleum, the Monument to Heroes and the Great Hall of the People.

Qianmen Gate

Great Hall of the People and Monument to the People's Heroes

Centre of many demonstrations and movements:

4th May 1919 Against the Treaty of Versailles granting foreign concessions.

9th December 1935 Anti-Japanese protests

1966 Cultural Revolution and the rise of the Red Guards

4th June 1989 Students suppressed protesting for democracy

Mao's Mausoleum

This page last updated 13/07/2003