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June 4 ... remembering China's Tiananmen Square

<div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=1526786259001&playerID=1258573841001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAABHJQC5hE~,DPHYnCOmD-8HIDq8_UIUD5BjtGcLT6-_&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1526786259001&playerID=1258573841001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAABHJQC5hE~,DPHYnCOmD-8HIDq8_UIUD5BjtGcLT6-_&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="480" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> </div><br />On June 4, 1989, the world watched as an uprising in China's Tiananmen  Square was squashed by the Chinese Army. As a military tank approached, one lone figure stood defiantly against the force, sending a message to the world the freedom and liberty were worth fighting for.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.freedomcollection.org/news/2013/06/the-freedom-collection-remembers-tianamen-square/">George W. Bush Institute's Freedom Collection</a> program coordinator, Christopher Walsh, commemorated the historical date:<br /><blockquote>The Tiananmen Square protests began as a student-led, pro-democracy  uprising.  Lasting for several weeks, the demonstrations attracted  people from different segments of society hoping to pressure the  government on democratic reform.  The protest culminated on June 4, 1989  when the Chinese military dispersed demonstrators with tanks and lethal  force.<br /><br />One of those demonstrators was <a href="http://www.freedomcollection.org/regions/asia/china/fang_zheng/">Fang Zheng</a>,  who lost both of his legs in the crackdown.  For resisting government  coercion to sign a written statement suggesting the incident at  Tiananmen was an “accident,” Fang was denied his college degree.    This  tragedy, however, did not dampen Fang’s spirit.  He became involved in  wheelchair athletics and used his profile to advocate for human rights  in China.  In his Freedom Collection interview, Fang remembers the  moment when a Liberation Army tank ran him over, severing his legs</blockquote>Tiananmen Square. Those of us who sat in front of TV screens and watched it unfold in 1989 will never forget.

On June 4, 1989, the world watched as an uprising in China's Tiananmen Square was squashed by the Chinese Army. As a military tank approached, one lone figure stood defiantly against the force, sending a message to the world the freedom and liberty…

June 4 ... remembering China's Tiananmen Square

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