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summary
1989 a holiday in China news teams are in China so students protest then it get our of control and the government shoots them down.
sugesive question
What if the government never took violent action?
quote
"The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it."
Ma Jian
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- 1989 lots of media was in China for a huge event
- the students and young people of China saw this as an opportunity to protest publicly
- the protest got so big the crowed all of Tiananmen square
- China had to get them out so they reacted violently
- 400-800 estimated deaths of civilians
- some people say as much as 8,000 deaths
summary
1989 a holiday in China news teams are in China so students protest then it get our of control and the government shoots them down.
sugesive question
What if the government never took violent action?
quote
"The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it."
Ma Jian
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/majian428749.html#RV0wBGBczYgEwWXr.99