#stitch with @CGTN Europe The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests began in April as student-led gatherings in Beijing mourning the death of Hu Yaobang, a reform-minded Communist Party leader. The demonstrations rapidly expanded into a massive pro-democracy movement, drawing workers and ordinary citizens who demanded free speech, an end to government corruption, and political reform. As similar protests ignited in other Chinese cities, the government declared martial law in late May and deployed mili