HONG KONG - The June 4 crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on pro-democracy protesters 20 years ago brought an abrupt halt to China's fledgling political reforms, shored up authoritarian rule and steered the country onto a path which partly led to crony capitalism, rampant corruption and social instability.
The 1989 student-led Tiananmen movement, which called for freedom, democratic reform and a clampdown on official corruption, ended when the Chinese government
sent in armed soldiers and tanks to crush the protest, killing scores of civilians.
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