What Is Martial Law?

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9. China 1989

Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, was the scene of one of the world’s most famous, and most iconic, political protests. The protests were being led by students with the aim of ending corruption in the Chinese government and invoking democratic reform. The Chinese government ordered what will go down in history as one of the bloodiest crackdowns ever.

The protest started in April 1989, sparked by the death of Hu Yaobang, the communist general secretary who was pro-reform. The Chinese government invoked martial law and troops fired live rounds into the crowd. It is thought that thousands may have been killed. What the incident is perhaps best known for is the symbolic images of a single protestor stopping a column of tanks by refusing to move out of the way.

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