Picturing the PastTiananmen Square, 1989 Protesters in Tiananmen Square surround a towering figure of the Goddess of Democracy built by Chinese art students. The statue was eventually destroyed by Chinese soldiers. (© Peter Turnley/Corbis)ANALYZING THE IMAGE What do you think this statue symbolized for demonstrators in Tiananmen Square?CONNECTIONS Why has the Goddess of Democracy become a lasting symbol of the 1989 student movement?