Precursor to the Massacre

The people directly involved in the Massacre were college students. What would eventually happen was originally a student protest. Many political events throughout China's Communist Party's history were what would spark anger among the people. This started after the cultural revolution in China when farming communes were slowly being abolished. From the success from this change the Chinese government attempted to revamp the economy. The flailing economy was after the death of Mao Zedong, the government had control over the economy, so when the fighting for power occured the economy lagged. The political disagreements and economic problems fueled the fire for the incident in the square. But the true turning point was the death of Hu Yaobang. He was chairman of the Chinese Communist party. After he showed support for democratic reforms he was forced to resign his position. Not to long afterward, Hu died. This was one reason that students assembled in the square. From there the problems escalated.