2. The Tiananmen square protests of 1989 started on the 15th of April. The protests were sparked by the death of Hu Yaobang who was a CPC general secretary. Tiananmen Square protests
3. The protests lasted 7 weeks after Hu’s death. No military action took place until June 4. The tanks proceed to Tiananmen square where they cleared the area of protesters. Tiananmen Square protests
4. The unknown rebel stood up in front of 17 Army tanks during the Tiananmen square protests of 1989. When he got on the tanks he said to them something like “"Why are you here? My city is in chaos because of you." What did he do?
6. The People of China didn’t like the way the government was running the country. The amount of people that died is not known but they estimate from several hundred to thousands. Video link to Unknown Rebel What the Protests were about? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-nXT8lSnPQ
Editor's Notes
The Tiananmen square protests of 1989 started on the 15th of April. The protests were sparked by the death of Hu Yaobang who was a CPC general secretary. The day before the funeral 100,000 people were gathered at Tiananmen square later on it got bigger people were soon on surrounding streets and other non-violent protests started in near by city's.
Nobody knows who he is even the people in his neighbourhood didn’t know who he is or even heard him speak.
