2009-06-04

Tiananmen Square

"On June 4 1989, troops backed by tanks opened fire on unarmed civilians. It brought a bloody and brutal end to weeks of protests by students and others demanding, amongst other things, a crackdown on corruption in China."
-- ABC News Website

There were early reports of Chinese Red Cross sources giving a figure of 2,600 deaths, but the Chinese Red Cross has denied ever doing so. The official Chinese government figure is 241 dead, including soldiers, and 7,000 wounded.
-- Wikipedia

(real history)

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