Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, China. It’s estimated that between 500,000 and 1.5 million people gathered on June 4, 1989 as part of the student-led protest against the government. They called for democracy and freedom of speech. However, actions from the Chinese military led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. American Pat Keeton was in the crowd and managed to make a VHS tape of her experience. She followed literature professor … Continue reading 30 Years After Tiananmen Square