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- proper noun
Tian'anmen ; Gate of Heavenly Peace
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Examples
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Other plazas play host to the good and the bad as in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in 1989 basking portentously in the post-Soviet glow of an explosive democratic freedom only to bleed a few days later into a convenient corral for firing squads.
Paul Gunther: Tahrir Square-- Where Social Media Found a Footing: Traditional Urban Plazas as Crucible of Change Paul Gunther 2011
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Other plazas play host to the good and the bad as in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in 1989 basking portentously in the post-Soviet glow of an explosive democratic freedom only to bleed a few days later into a convenient corral for firing squads.
Paul Gunther: Tahrir Square-- Where Social Media Found a Footing: Traditional Urban Plazas as Crucible of Change Paul Gunther 2011
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Other plazas play host to the good and the bad as in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in 1989 basking portentously in the post-Soviet glow of an explosive democratic freedom only to bleed a few days later into a convenient corral for firing squads.
Paul Gunther: Tahrir Square-- Where Social Media Found a Footing: Traditional Urban Plazas as Crucible of Change Paul Gunther 2011
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Other plazas play host to the good and the bad as in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in 1989 basking portentously in the post-Soviet glow of an explosive democratic freedom only to bleed a few days later into a convenient corral for firing squads.
Paul Gunther: Tahrir Square-- Where Social Media Found a Footing: Traditional Urban Plazas as Crucible of Change Paul Gunther 2011
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Yet the 1989 Tian'anmen Square massacre apparently occurs before Precious gives birth to her second child.
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In this optic, the Politburo's response to the mob scene at 'Tian'anmen' stands as a monument to overly cautious behavior on the part of the leadership, not as an example of rash action. . .
WaPo on Freeman Michael Turton 2009
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In this optic, the Politburo's response to the mob scene at 'Tian'anmen' stands as a monument to overly cautious behavior on the part of the leadership, not as an example of rash action. . .
Archive 2009-03-01 Michael Turton 2009
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Along Chang'an Boulevard, by Tian'anmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, the national flags and accompanying plain red ones stood rippling off their flagpoles, aglow in clear sunlight against the blue sky.
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Along Chang'an Boulevard, by Tian'anmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, the national flags and accompanying plain red ones stood rippling off their flagpoles, aglow in clear sunlight against the blue sky.
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"The 'special air from special places' in my application includes air from the 2008 Olympics stadiums, Tian'anmen Square, Qomolongma, the moon, a pigsty, a horse paddock and even the Chaoyang District Court," Li said.
The Cutting Edge of Chinese Property Rights: The Moon, The Clouds and Pigsty Fumes 2007
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