 | ꠀꠋꠞꠦꠎ ꠝꠣꠔꠕꠘꠦ ꠅꠘꠥꠛꠣꠖ ꠇꠞꠣꠞ ꠅꠘꠥꠞꠥꠗ ⁕ ꠇꠤꠀꠘꠕꠘꠦ ꠀꠘꠣ ꠅꠁꠍꠦ ꠀꠞ ꠇꠣꠞ ꠇꠣꠞ ꠅꠛꠖꠣꠘ ꠀꠍꠦ ꠁꠔꠣ ꠖꠦꠈꠣꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ en:q:1989 ꠔꠤꠄꠘꠀꠘꠝꠦꠘ ꠌꠇ꠆ꠇꠞꠞ ꠙꠔꠤꠛꠣꠖ ꠖꠦꠈꠃꠇ꠆ꠇꠣ ⁕ |
ꠔꠤꠄꠘꠀꠘꠝꠦꠘ ꠌꠇ꠆ꠇꠞꠞ ꠙꠔꠤꠛꠣꠖ ꠨ commonly known in mainland China as the ꠌꠣꠁꠞ ꠎꠥꠘꠞ ꠊꠑꠘꠣ ( ꠌꠣꠄꠘꠣ ꠝꠣꠔ ꠪ 六四事件 ꠨ ꠟꠤꠃꠌꠤ ꠡꠤꠎꠤꠀꠘ ), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing (the capital of the People's Republic of China) for the establishment of basic human and press rights and against the Communist-led Chinese government in mid-1989.
ꠁꠈꠣꠘꠟꠂꠀ ꠛꠄꠀꠘꠣꠁꠘ ꠀꠞ ꠛꠣꠔꠌꠤꠔ
edit- Students, we came too late. We are sorry. You talk about us, criticize us, it is all necessary. The reason that I came here is not to ask you to forgive us. All I want to say is that students are getting very weak, it is the 7th day since you went on hunger strike, you can't continue like this. [...] You are still young, there are still many days yet to come, you must live healthy, and see the day when China accomplishes the four modernizations. You are not like us, we are already old, it doesn't matter to us any more.
- Zhao Ziyang at Tiananmen Square, 19 May 1989
- I remember 1989 vividly, having spent much of that summer in Berlin before the Wall fell. And while largely peaceful revolutions swept through Central and Eastern Europe that year (it was only three years later, in Yugoslavia, that the death of Communism sparked war), there was no such turning point in China, where 1989 also saw the Tiananmen Square massacre. With the benefit of hindsight, the survival of Communism in China was a more significant historical phenomenon than its collapse east of the River Elbe.
- Niall Ferguson, "We have seen very few years in history that have been truly pivotal. This could be one.", The Mail on Sunday, March 20, 2022.