Student mobilizations in China

I chose the student mobilisations in China because it is a country I don't know much about and it has a great history like what happened on 15 April 1989. When Hu Yaobang, the former Communist Party leader, passed away. Hu had worked to push China towards a more open political system and had become a symbol of democratic reform. Almost a month later, thousands of students began a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square demanding greater freedoms, an end to corruption and improvements in education. Later, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Zhao Ziyang, called for an end to the demonstrations. 

China interrupted live US news broadcasts from Beijing and on 4 June 1989, Chinese troops arrived in Tiananmen Square and fired on civilians and students, ending the demonstrations. The official death toll has never been disclosed. Finally, on 4 June 2009, thousands of people commemorate the 20th anniversary of the student massacre at a gathering in Hong Kong. Today, journalists are banned from entering the square and the government blocks foreign news sites and Twitter. 

It should be recalled that the students faced a repression in which their rights to life, personal integrity and dignity were violated, preventing them from improving their education and imposing their policy.