Tiananmen Square
a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- Also Tienanmen Square.
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How to use Tiananmen Square in a sentence
The surge of Chinese interest began in earnest following the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Vancouver Real-Estate Market Unlikely Victim of China Slowdown | Vikram Mansharamani | November 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut had Obama invited Mubarak to turn Tahrir Square into Tiananmen Square, Egypt might look more like Syria today.
Egypt Policy Shows How Well Obama Has Managed America’s Decline | Peter Beinart | July 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTian Hou was imprisoned after the Tiananmen Square crackdown and spent a dozen years in exile.
Tian Hou, Imprisoned After Tiananmen Square, Has Now Returned as a Successful Financial Analyst | Melinda Liu | March 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGao Wenqian, a former panegyrist for the Communist Party, fled after the horrors of Tiananmen Square and now works in New York.
Washington has not sold arms to China since its crackdown against dissidents in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Cultural definitions for Tiananmen Square
[ (tyahn-ahn-men) ]
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.
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