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Student protesters dancing at Tiananmen Square before the massacre, Beijing, China, 1989 (infosec.pub)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

The protests lasted over a month; the massacre ended them in a flood of state-sponsored murder.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 98 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

Funny, just yesterday I had an .ml insisting to me that the protests ended peacefully and that any hint of violence is western propaganda.

Edit: just had another one saying the same crap but the mods nuked it.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

In the 90s, I found a second-hand book published in English by the PRC (can't remember which ministry) giving the then-official line: that the brave soldiers of the PLA resolutely faced down the forces of a foolhardy counter-revolution and saved Socialism.

Only later came the complete memory-holing.

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