About: People's Liberation Army at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

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During the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) played a decisive role in enforcing martial law, suppressing the demonstrations by force and upholding the authority of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The subject of the Tiananmen protests in general and the military's role in the crackdown remains forbidden from public discussion in China. The killings in Beijing continue to taint the legacies of the party elders, led by Deng Xiaoping, and weigh on the generation of leaders whose careers advanced as their more moderate colleagues were purged or sidelined at the time. Within China, the role of the military in 1989 remains a subject of private discussion within the ranks of the party leadership and PLA.

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  • During the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) played a decisive role in enforcing martial law, suppressing the demonstrations by force and upholding the authority of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The subject of the Tiananmen protests in general and the military's role in the crackdown remains forbidden from public discussion in China. The killings in Beijing continue to taint the legacies of the party elders, led by Deng Xiaoping, and weigh on the generation of leaders whose careers advanced as their more moderate colleagues were purged or sidelined at the time. Within China, the role of the military in 1989 remains a subject of private discussion within the ranks of the party leadership and PLA. (en)
  • 六四清場也被中国政府称为是平息反革命暴乱，即在1989年6月3日晚至6月4日早晨，中国共产党中央军事委员会下令中国人民解放军戒严部队於中国首都北京市對六四事件示威者進行武力清場的事件。 1989年5月20日，中国国务院总理李鹏宣布在北京市局部市區实行戒严。执行中，于前一日即19日晚开始集结并试图进入市区的部队受阻，20日在丰台区大井村戒严部队与示威者发生小规模冲突后，戒严部队收到命令暂停进入市区。6月1日，李鹏向中共中央政治局提交报告《关于动乱的实质》。6月2日晚，数万穿夏季常服、未携武器的戒严部队试图小跑徒步进入市区指定执勤区域，途中受示威者拉扯阻拦和殴打后，大部分再次回撤。6月3日上午，与戒严部队分开，由大客车运往执勤地点的军用武器装备亦受示威者拦截，部分武器流散，少部分武器被少部分示威者上交公安。6月3日下午，中共中央将运动定性为反革命暴乱，并确定采取“一切必要手段”执行清场。 随后戒严部队指挥部通过无线和地方有线广播开始反复播报戒严令，要求全体市民不要上街、不要到天安门广场去。当晚，戒严部队分发了作战服，钢盔和武器，开始慢步徒步向执勤区域行进，伴随着少量63式装甲车先行前往市区，部分运兵汽车往来于各戒严部队之间，有居民称看到解放军从地铁和地下通道涌出。6月4日凌晨一点半左右戒严部队主力抵达天安门广场周边，凌晨四点半，戒严部队指挥部宣布，天安门广场开始“清场”，死傷人數至今仍有爭議。而6月3日晚至6月4日凌晨的这次清场行动在日后也成为中国大陸思想讨论的禁区。軍隊清场行动結束后，也改變中共政治軌跡，黨內以趙紫陽為首的溫和派在6月底举行的中共十三届四中全会后被驱逐出政权高层。 (zh)
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  • (per Wu Renhua)
  • (per official sources)
  • 120 other vehicles
  • 15 killed including 7 KIA
  • 23 killed including 10 PLA and 13PAP
  • 30+ police cars
  • 60+ armored personnel vehicles
  • ~5000 wounded
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  • *Chinese Communist Party
  • Chinese demonstrators
  • Government of China
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  • 1989-06-09 (xsd:date)
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  • End of student-led demonstrations, PLA retake Tiananmen Square and streets of Beijing
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  • 150,000–350,000 troops
  • 50,000–100,000 demonstrators
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  • Liang Guanglie, who commanded the 20th Army during martial law operations, enjoyed a series of promotions in the decades after. He became the PLA's chief of staff in 1992 and Minister of Defense in 2008. Pictured here with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Beijing in 2011. (en)
  • Chi Haotian, who was the deputy commander of the martial law forces, became the Minister of Defense in 1993. Pictured here with U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen in Beijing in 2000. (en)
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  • (en)
  • hundreds to ~2,600 killed (en)
  • ~5000 wounded (en)
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  • Government of China (en)
  • * Chinese Communist Party (en)
  • Chinese demonstrators (en)
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  • Deng Xiaoping (en)
  • (en)
  • Li Peng (en)
  • Chi Haotian (en)
  • Yang Shangkun (en)
  • Liu Huaqing (en)
  • Xu Qinxian (en)
  • University students and Beijing residents (en)
  • Yang Baibing ---- (en)
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  • Martial Law in Beijing (en)
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  • CMC members Liu Huaqing the commander-in-chief of the martial law forces, and Chi Haotian, deputy commander, along with Zhou Yibing . (en)
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  • Retired generals who opposed the imposition of martial law (en)
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  • Defense.gov photo essay 110110-F-6655M-006.jpg (en)
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  • Ye Fei.jpg (en)
  • Zhang Aiping.jpg (en)
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  • the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests (en)
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  • End of student-led demonstrations, PLA retake Tiananmen Square and streets of Beijing (en)
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  • During the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) played a decisive role in enforcing martial law, suppressing the demonstrations by force and upholding the authority of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The subject of the Tiananmen protests in general and the military's role in the crackdown remains forbidden from public discussion in China. The killings in Beijing continue to taint the legacies of the party elders, led by Deng Xiaoping, and weigh on the generation of leaders whose careers advanced as their more moderate colleagues were purged or sidelined at the time. Within China, the role of the military in 1989 remains a subject of private discussion within the ranks of the party leadership and PLA. (en)
  • 六四清場也被中国政府称为是平息反革命暴乱，即在1989年6月3日晚至6月4日早晨，中国共产党中央军事委员会下令中国人民解放军戒严部队於中国首都北京市對六四事件示威者進行武力清場的事件。 1989年5月20日，中国国务院总理李鹏宣布在北京市局部市區实行戒严。执行中，于前一日即19日晚开始集结并试图进入市区的部队受阻，20日在丰台区大井村戒严部队与示威者发生小规模冲突后，戒严部队收到命令暂停进入市区。6月1日，李鹏向中共中央政治局提交报告《关于动乱的实质》。6月2日晚，数万穿夏季常服、未携武器的戒严部队试图小跑徒步进入市区指定执勤区域，途中受示威者拉扯阻拦和殴打后，大部分再次回撤。6月3日上午，与戒严部队分开，由大客车运往执勤地点的军用武器装备亦受示威者拦截，部分武器流散，少部分武器被少部分示威者上交公安。6月3日下午，中共中央将运动定性为反革命暴乱，并确定采取“一切必要手段”执行清场。 (zh)
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  • 六四清场 (zh)
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