在毛泽东时代中国经济快速发展和社会变革的背景下，抗议活动反映了国家在民众意识...

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In the context of China's rapid economic development and social changes during the Mao Zedong era, the protests reflected the country's future in the public consciousness and political elite. The reforms of the 1980s led to a new market economy that benefited some people but severely dissatisfied others. The one-party political system also faced the challenge of legitimacy. Common dissatisfaction at the time included inflation, corruption, limited preparation for new economic graduates, [6] and restrictions on political participation. Students call for democracy, greater sense of responsibility, freedom of the press and freedom of speech, although they are highly chaotic and have different goals. [7] [8] At the height of the protests, about 1 million people gathered in the square. [9]

As the protests developed, the authorities clashed back and forth between reconciliation and tough tactics, exposing deep differences within the party's leadership. [10] By May, a student-led hunger strike protested the support of demonstrators across the country, and the protests spread to about 400 cities. [11] In the end, China’s top leader Deng Xiaoping and other Communist elders thought the protest was a political threat and decided to use force. [12] [13] The State Council announced martial law on May 20 and mobilized as many as 300,000 troops to Beijing. [11] The force suppressed the protests by firing at the automatic weapon demonstrators, killing several protesters and causing massive civil strife in the following days.

The international community, human rights organizations and political analysts condemned the Chinese government’s massacre. Western countries impose an arms embargo on China. [14] The Chinese government widely arrested protesters and their supporters, suppressed other protests in China, expelled foreign journalists, strictly controlled reports of domestic news incidents, strengthened police and internal security forces, and reduced or cleared them. Officials they think sympathy. protest activity. [15] More broadly, the suppression temporarily suspended the liberalization policy of the 1980s. Considered to be a watershed event, the protests also brought restrictions on Chinese political expression into the 21st century. Its memory is closely related to questioning the legitimacy of Communist rule and remains one of the most sensitive and widely examined topics in China.