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BEIJING, June 5, 1989 --What started as a peaceful protest weeks ago in Beijing, China ended yesterday in a massacre of an unknown number of Chinese students in Tiananmen Square. The protest, which began in April, was triggered by the death of former Communist Party General Secretary, Hu Yaobang, a liberal reformer. Unsuccessful in his attempts to facilitate political and economic changes, Yaobang had garnered the support of university students who marched and gathered in Tiananmen Square on the day of his funeral. Over the course of the next several weeks, the number of students grew and they were joined by other citizens seeking political, social, and economic reforms. What spurred the people of China to want reforms? China had experienced

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