Tiananmen Square Massacre By: Justin Jones Beginning with the Cultural Revolution youth under the age of 18 had not been allowed to attend a church, read the bible, or even get baptized in China.. This made any christianic religion very hard to practise. Discontent with the tenets and ideas of the Communist Party, and increasing openness to Western ideas, finally drove youth and workers alike to the streets of Beijing to demonstrate for democracy. In my …showed first 75 words of 744 total…

…showed last 75 words of 744 total…refused to acknowledge any wrongdoing. In the days before the ten-year anniversary, China stopped CNN from broadcasting into Beijing and arrested several dissidents. The protesters, fought a very long, hard, and death defying battle but in return gained very little, if nothing. All those innocent people were slaughtered and tortured for no reason at all. There was no purpose in the long run for all the bloodshed that took place in the Tiananmen Square Massacre.