Beijing, China Tiananmen Square Soldiers

Photo by Debbie Stock

Tiananmen Square contains Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. There's a healthy presence of guards in uniforms and the marches by military through the Square as shown in the photo above.

Tiananmen Square gained international fame for the June  1989 student-led, pro-Democracy uprising and protest of an estimated million people. On June 4th, Chinese troops and security police stormed through, firing into the crowds of protesters. Turmoil ensued, leaving up to a thousand or more protesters dead and 10,000 arrested.

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