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Then why are you committing so hard to this silly conspiracy? The point of the conspiracy is definitely to make China look better. It's one of the weakest conspiracies I've ever seen. Why push it?
The spreading of the picture makes China look better. I originally thought the man was trying to protect students, showing heartless soldiers. But he is talking to leaving soldiers.
If the picture is Chinese propaganda and staged, it stresses that the cruelty on the square was so big that this distraction was necessary.
If it is authentic then what do we see? Soldiers who respect the life of a protester.
Edit: Read NeilBrü@lemmy.world's comment above.