A Symbol of Democracy

During the spring of 1989 pro-democracy supporters staged a series of demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. They erected a 10-m (33-ft) replica of the American Statue of Liberty to symbolize their demands for democracy.

Fallander /SIPA

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China; Communism, Collapse of; Tiananmen Square Protest; Beijing; Symbolism (anthropology)

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