Tiananmen Square

[ tyahn-ahn-men ]

noun

1. a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.

Tiananmen Square

1. Location in Beijing of pro-democracy demonstrations that were brutally suppressed in 1989 by troops loyal to the communist regime of the People's Republic of China .

Example Sentences

Balloons were released, flags fluttered, and the socialist anthem The Internationale filled Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

From Time

It’s a very different question to the one that observers were asked in June 1989, when Beijing cracked down on student protesters at Tiananmen Square, shocking the world and exposing deep fissures within China’s political elite.

From Ozy

Last week marked the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest, which produced the “tank man,” one of the most iconic photographs of all time.

From Search Engine Land

Hong Kong police on Friday arrested an organizer of the annual Tiananmen Square vigil and sealed off parts of the park where the event is usually held, according to Reuters.

From Axios

“Sue it, punish it, fine it,” said Yang Jianli, a survivor of the Tiananmen Square massacre who now runs a nonprofit organization in Washington.

From Washington Post

The surge of Chinese interest began in earnest following the Tiananmen Square massacre.

From The Daily Beast

But had Obama invited Mubarak to turn Tahrir Square into Tiananmen Square, Egypt might look more like Syria today.

From The Daily Beast

Tian Hou was imprisoned after the Tiananmen Square crackdown and spent a dozen years in exile.

From The Daily Beast

Gao Wenqian, a former panegyrist for the Communist Party, fled after the horrors of Tiananmen Square and now works in New York.

From The Daily Beast

Washington has not sold arms to China since its crackdown against dissidents in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

From The Daily Beast