Tiananmen Square Riots

In 1989 the protests for changes against the communist government took their turn in China, because communism was rapidly losing it's grounds in Eastern Europe, former USSR and Yugoslavia. Protests ended differently everywhere. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered the creation, or more likely the re-creation, of new-old countries from the old Soviet block and the decomposition of Eastern Germany.

Protestors fleeing from incoming tanks.

The anti communist protests took a different turn in China. There were protests before, in the late 80's demanding reform but they didn't last too long. The ones from 1989 were far more intense and last longing than the ones before, which demanded an intense retribution. They were brutally crushed by military intervention. Perhaps one of the most famous photos or media coverages was the infamous "tank man". On the picture we can see fleeing students from incoming tanks.