In May 1989, nearly a million Chinese, mostly young students, crowded into central Beijing to protest for greater democracy and called for the resignation of Chinese Communist Party leaders deemed too repressive. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1989 Chinese troops and security police marched toward Tiananmen Square, firing indiscriminately into the crowds of protestors. The defiance of Tank Man slowed the government crackdown of Tiananmen Square protestors. To learn more about the Tiananmen Square prote