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Beginning in April of 1989, thousands of students and other citizens started gathering in groups large and small, protesting many issues, centered on a desire for freedom and democratic reform. By mid-May of 1989, hundreds of thousands of protesters occupied the square, staging hunger strikes, and asking for dialogue. Chinese authorities responded with a declaration of martial law, and sent soldiers and tanks from the People's Liberation Army, preparing to disperse the crowds. Late on June 3rd, 1989, the tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled into the square, killing and wounding many, mostly civilians - estimates vary widely, from several hundred to several thousand dead.

In this June 5, 1989 file photo, a Chinese protestor blocks a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. June 5, 1989 in front of the Beijing Hotel. The man was shortly pulled away and the tanks continued on their way.

Nowadays, China is still a communist dictatorship. There is still no freedom of expression, and the Internet is more and more filtered by the great firewall of China. This demo has been made in memory of the heroism of this protester, who dare to stand from the tanks, and in memory of all people who died by struggling for the freedom of expression.

This demonstration freeze this historic moment, and transforms the Tiananmen Place to an expression place, where every net surfer can draw on the ground and on the tanks. The proportions have not been respected, otherwise the place would have been too large.

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