Tiananmen Square

[ tyahn-ahn-men ]

noun

1. a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.

Tiananmen Square

1. Location in Beijing of pro-democracy demonstrations that were brutally suppressed in 1989 by troops loyal to the communist regime of the People's Republic of China .

Example Sentences

She had been a journalist at the AFP news agency, where she covered the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.

From BBC

Walz explained his mistake about saying he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre by telling viewers he forgot he was at Epcot.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m a knucklehead sometimes,” he said as he stumbled to explain his claim to being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.

From Salon

Walz’s epic flub in addressing his disproven claims of having been in Tiananmen Square when the 1989 protests and massacre took place was more a factor of his lack of debate skills than the moderators’ pointed questioning.

From Salon

And, and, and of course, after the launch in 1980, it was really fascinating because I found myself watching CNN at my desk at the Los Angeles Times, and there were certain news events that just captured world attention, Tiananmen Square, where CNN reported almost exclusively until the Chinese government shut them down in Beijing.

From Slate