Photos of the Tiananmen Square protests through the lens of a student witness
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of military vehicles burning in May on West Chang’An Avenue during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of wounded plainclothes officers on West Chang’An Avenue after Chinese forces clashed with students while enforcing martial law, during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of a figure students built called the Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square in late May 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of people helping a fellow student protester during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of about a week after students began a hunger strike during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing, in mid-May of 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of a vehicle serving as the information hub of the Beijing Students’ Autonomous Federation, a self-governing league of university organizations, during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of armed police officers marching during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of civilians blocking the first wave of unarmed soldiers who had come to enforce martial law in Beijing and explained to them why students were protesting, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in May 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of a motorcycle parade called the Flying Tigers riding in support of the Tiananmen Square student protests in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of A student practicing qigong, the age-old practice of cultivating energy flow, while on a hunger strike during the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of Beijing residents taking stock of the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, in late April 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of the Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing in 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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A photo provided by Jian Liu of students at top universities in Beijing commemorating the death of the Communist Party chief and political reformer Hu Yaobang at Tiananmen Square, marking the beginning of the pro-democracy protests in Beijing, April 1989. After three decades, Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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