Today is 37 years since the Tiananmen MassacreOn this day in 1989, the Chinese Communist Party ordered the People's Liberation Army to open fire on its own citizens. Peaceful pro-democracy students and workers who gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square demanding freedom, anti-corruption, and basic human rights were crushed under tanks and gunfire.The protests began in mid-April 1989, triggered by the death of reformist leader Hu Yaobang. On May 13, students began a hunger strike. Martial law was