I’m not sure if we’re allowed to talk about Jun 4th 1989 Tianamen Square Massacre, located at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, 39°54′12″N 116°23′30″E, caused by the death of Hu Yaobong, economic reform, inflation, political corruption, nepotism, and the third wave of democracy, with the initial protestors goals being the end of corruption within the communist party, along with democratic reforms, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and democratic input on economic reforms, with methods of hunger strikes, sit-ins, and occupation of the titular Tiananmen square, resulting in enforcement of martial law declared by Premier Li Peng in certain areas of Beijing executed by force from June 3, 1989 (declared from May 20, 1989 – January 10, 1990, 7 months and 3 weeks), civilians – including bystanders, protesters (mainly workers), and rioters barricading the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops – shot by the PLA at multiple sites in Beijing, hundreds to thousands killed, thousands wounded inside and outside Tiananmen Square, several soldiers killed, thousands wounded by rioters on June 3 to 4 after civilians were killed on June 3, more protests across China in reaction to the crackdown, protest leaders and pro-democracy activists later exiled or imprisoned, rioters charged with violent crimes who were executed in the following months, Zhao Ziyang purging from General Secretary and Politburo, Jiang Zemin, previously Party Secretary of Shanghai, promoted to General Secretary and paramount leader by Deng Xiaoping, Western economic sanctions and arms embargoes on the People’s Republic of China, the starting of Operation Yellowbird, a delay of market reforms, tightening of media control, restriction of freedom of speech, and a halting of political reforms.