BEIJING, June 2, 1989 (UPI) - The government used charges of foreign involvement to campaign against the student-led democracy movement Friday, staging a rally with anti-American overtones and using the state media to blast ''interfering groups'' from outside China.

BEIJING, June 2, 1989 (UPI) - The government, in a bid to assert its authority, has declared a virtual blackout on foreign news coverage of the pro-democracy protests and stepped up displays of its military might.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) -- Troops backed by tanks and armored cars fought savage battles with thousands of civilians Saturday and Sunday as a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement exploded into a city-wide insurrection, leaving more than 200 people dead and 600 injured, witnesses and hospital officials said.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - Troops fired tear gas and beat students with sticks Saturday to break up pro-democracy protests near Beijing's central square, and a state broadcast warned the army would use ''all kind of measures'' to restore order.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - In its first statement on the bloody military crackdown across Beijing, the government early Sunday branded the student-led pro-democracy movement a ''counter-revolutionary rebellion'' trying to overthrow the government and the socialist system.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - Troops backed by tanks and armored cars fought pitched battles with thousands of civilians Saturday and Sunday as a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement exploded into a city-wide insurrection, leaving more than 176 people dead and 464 injured, witnesses and hospital officials said.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - President Bush, apparently moved by reports of violence from China, said Saturday he ''deeply deplored'' the Beijing government's decision to use force against student demonstrators.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - Thousands of teenaged troops supplied with rifles and grenades marched on Beijing's main square Saturday, but students and workers swarmed into the streets to block their advance, routing the soldiers and leaving many of them in tears.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - Thousands of teenaged troops supplied with rifles and hand grenades marched on Beijing's main square Saturday to oust pro-democracy demonstrators but retreated in tears from angry students and workers who swarmed into the streets to block their advance.

Here is a chronology of the student-led protests:

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - Thousands of riot-equipped troops marched on Beijing's main square early Saturday as pro-democracy students continued their occupation, but students and citizens swarmed into the streets and blocked the advance with barricades and their bodies, witnesses said.

BEIJING, June 3, 1989 (UPI) - Thousands of Chinese troops moved through Beijing early Saturday toward central Tiananmen Square where students continued a pro-democracy occupation that has led to weeks of mass demonstrations in the capital.

BEIJING, June 4, 1989 (UPI) - Defiant citizens ignored army gunfire to hurl firebombs at a long tank column early Monday in downtown Beijing, where troops struggled for a second day to gain control of the streets and quell a citywide uprising that left more than 300 people dead.

BEIJING, June 4, 1989 (UPI) - The Gate of Heavenly Peace became a killing field Saturday night as blood flowed and bodies fell on the once immaculate concrete tiles of Tiananmen Square.

BEIJING, June 5, 1989 (UPI) - In a remarkable gesture that seemed to symbolize the spirit of China's pro-democracy movement, a man stepped in front of a column of tanks Monday in attempt to stop their advance.