The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democracy">democracy</a> demonstrations, setting the scene for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_massacre" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tiananmen Square massacre">Tiananmen Square massacre</a>.