Home Explainer Tiananmen: Remembering 4th June 1989 Tiananmen: Remembering 4th June 1989 By Team StratNews; - Jun 04 2023, 09:46 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp June 4, 1989, when the People’s Liberation Army cracked down on unarmed students, shooting them with rifles and machine guns who were protesting against Deng Xiaoping’s modernisation policies in China.