In the spring of 1989, more than one million Chinese students and workers occupied Beijing's Tiananmen Square and began the largest political protest in communist China's history. Six weeks of protests ended with the Beijing massacre of 3-4 June.
Here the BBC charts the events that led to the deadly crackdown - using archive audio and video from the time.
15 APRIL - HU YAOBANG'S DEATh
18-21 APRIL - DEMONSTRATIONS SPREAD
22 APRIL - HU'S MEMORIAL
26 APRIL - INFLAMMATORY EDITORIAL "The Necessity for a Clear Stand Against Turmoil"
4 MAY MOVEMENT
13 MAY - HUNGER STRIKE
15 MAY - GORBACHEV'S STATE VISIT
19 MAY - ZHAO VISITS SQUARE
20 MAY - TROOPS MOVE IN
24 MAY - 1 JUNE - HEIGHTENED TENSIONS
2 JUNE - OFFENSIVE APPROVED
3 JUNE - NIGHT OF BLOODSHED
4 JUNE - ANGER AND SHOCK
5 JUNE - "TANK MAN"
9 JUNE - DENG XIAOPING APPEARS
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