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1989 Tiananmen Square protests

Hundreds of Students staged a blockade at the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge as well as The Zhongyangmen Railway Bridge

Wednesday Jun 7, 1989
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Similar scenes unfolded in Nanjing. On 7 June, hundreds of students staged a blockade at the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge as well as the Zhongyangmen Railway Bridge. They were persuaded to evacuate without incident later that day, though returned the next day to occupy the main railway station and the bridges.


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