Claim: The third anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests in 1997 happened just before the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and organizers estimated 55,000 people attended with the Associated Press describing demonstrators as cutting across many divisions among the youth, business professionals, senior citizens and workers.
Evidence: The Tiananmen Square protests or the Tiananmen Square Incident, commonly known as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件; pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn, literally the six-four incident) in mainland China, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing during 1989.