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Tiananmen Square, Vaguely Remembered

June 4, 2013

Tiananmen Square, Vaguely Remembered

In the spring of 1989 a million Chinese protesters gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and called for government accountability, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and better industrial working conditions. Chinese authorities sent in troops, killing over two hundred people.

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