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In 1989, with winds of change blowing over the Communist world (the Berlin Wall would fall that winter), a group of students had an impromptu gathering at Tiananmen Square in April 1989 to mark the death of Hu Yaobang, a Communist leader who was considered sympathetic to the demands for democracy.
The students were joined by workers, peasants, intellectuals, and soon the media, until by middle
of May they numbered 1 million. The students demanded more freedom and democracy. Some even sought multi-party democracy and elections.
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