Bob Hawke's tears for the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre ushered in a new sympathy for refugees in Australia. Following this famous speech, he made a unilateral promise, without consulting his cabinet, to offer asylum to thousands of Chinese students. He was told: ‘You cannot do that, prime minister.’ He responded, ‘I just did. It is done.’ | SBS News

161K views · 20 reactions | “They said, ‘People’s Army won’t shoot people’. I believed them.” TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. | SBS Dateline | Facebook

376K views · 18K reactions | China has been locking its citizens down for two years now under its zero-COVID policy, and it's become clear that this is really all about control. Now, it looks like many citizens have had enough, and unlike during the Tiananmen Square protests, the word is getting out. We know how Tiananmen Square ended. I pray China has changed. But no matter what happens next, this is game-changing for the entire world... | Glenn Beck | Facebook

229K views · 1.7K reactions | On June 5, 1989, during the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, an unidentified man stood defiantly before a column of tanks, symbolizing resistance to oppression. After the violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, his solitary act of courage, captured in iconic images, became a global symbol of individual defiance against authoritarian power, though his identity and fate remain unknown. | Historyinmemes | Facebook

Massive crowds of people held a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. https://abcn.ws/2HVWmVd | ABC News