Tiananmen Square protests of 1976
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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 were large-scale public demonstrations in Beijing sparked by popular mourning for Premier Zhou Enlai, which evolved into a brief pro-reform movement that was violently suppressed and later officially condemned as “counterrevolutionary.”
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiananmen Incident of 1976 | 1 |
| Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass movement
ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ protest movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
April Fifth Movement
ⓘ
Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 ⓘ
surface form:
Tiananmen Incident of 1976
|
| characterizedBy |
calls for political moderation
ⓘ
criticism of the Gang of Four ⓘ mourning for Zhou Enlai ⓘ posting of big-character posters ⓘ recitation of poems and elegies ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| endTime | 1976-04-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
arrest and purge of Deng Xiaoping
ⓘ
rise in power of the Gang of Four ⓘ |
| hasCause |
opposition to the Gang of Four
ⓘ
popular dissatisfaction with the Cultural Revolution ⓘ public mourning for Zhou Enlai ⓘ removal of wreaths and mourning displays for Zhou Enlai ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
arrests of protesters
ⓘ
later political rehabilitation of participants after 1978 ⓘ political campaign against alleged counterrevolutionaries ⓘ removal of wreaths and poems from Tiananmen Square by authorities ⓘ strengthening of Hua Guofeng's position ⓘ used as pretext to remove Deng Xiaoping from his posts ⓘ violent dispersal of demonstrators ⓘ |
| laterReevaluation | reclassified as a patriotic movement after the fall of the Gang of Four ⓘ |
| location |
Beijing
ⓘ
China ⓘ Tiananmen Square ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Zhou Enlai ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipants | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| officialClassification | counterrevolutionary incident ⓘ |
| officialClassificationBy | Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Gang of Four
ⓘ
radical faction of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| participant |
Beijing residents
ⓘ
intellectuals ⓘ students ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| partOf | late Cultural Revolution political struggles ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cultural Revolution
ⓘ
Deng Xiaoping ⓘ Gang of Four ⓘ Hua Guofeng ⓘ |
| startTime | 1976-04-04 ⓘ |
| suppressedBy |
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army units
public security forces ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Cultural Revolution ⓘ |
| year | 1976 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Tiananmen Incident of 1976
this entity surface form:
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989