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1989 Tiananmen Square protests

Small Spontaneous gatherings to mourn Hu Yaobang

Saturday Apr 15, 1989
Tian'anmen Square, Dongcheng, Beijing, China

Small spontaneous gatherings to mourn Hu began on 15 April around Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square. On the same day, many students at Peking University (PKU) and Tsinghua University erected shrines, and joined the gathering in Tiananmen Square in a piecemeal fashion.


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