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The June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre: 5 Truths That Still Aren’t Widely Known


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2021 Jun 6, 2:21pm   174 views  1 comment

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Following the sudden death of a beloved political reformer, Hu Yaobang, 200,000 students gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on April 22, 1989, to await the hearse carrying Hu’s body—but it never arrived. The mass of students were angered, and their burning desire for freedom could be contained no more.

For the next few weeks, Tiananmen Square was occupied by these student protesters, who aimed at making their dream of ridding the country of communist tyranny and bringing democratic reform to China a reality

Their nonviolent demonstration perhaps brought a glimmer of hope—until the army moved in. Martial law had been declared on May 20 that year, but what caused the army to suddenly go on a killing rampage on June 4? ...

1. Mass-Murdered by the Chinese Regime

At least 10,454 people were mass-murdered by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Tiananmen Square, according to an unnamed source from the Chinese State Council. The figure is far greater than the official fatality count of 200.

On June 4, 1989, students were gunned down in droves and “mown down” by tanks. “APCs (armored personnel carriers) then ran over bodies time and time again to make ‘pie’ and remains collected by bulldozer. Remains incinerated and then hosed down drains,” reads part of a declassified statement, which was obtained by Alan Donald, Britain’s ambassador to China in 1989.

It’s still unconfirmed how many more were massacred during and after the students’ unarmed protest. ...

2. The Ringleader Is Still Alive

... Jiang Zemin, the mastermind behind the massacre, ordered the army to carry out his bloody strategy on June 4. The “gate of heavenly peace” was suddenly turned into hell on Earth.

3. Ruthless Abuse of Power

The Tiananmen Square Massacre was just the start of Jiang’s ruthless abuse of power. He went on to commit the most heinous crimes that couldn’t bear the light of day. In the wake of the bloody massacre, Jiang became Deng’s ideal successor as the next Party Chief, a position Jiang secured in 1993. ...

In response to Jiang’s genocidal policy—believed to have caused a widespread yet unascertainable amount of state-approved killings, including forced organ harvesting—over 209,000 lawsuits have since been filed against Jiang, making him the most sued dictator in history. ...

4. Horrifying Accounts Kept Secret

A Blacklock’s Reporter obtained secret telex messages concerning horrifying accounts of what really happened on Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, via access-to-information laws.

“An old woman knelt in front of soldiers pleading for students; soldiers killed her,” the Canadian embassy in Beijing reported at the time.

Blacklock’s writes: “A boy was seen trying to escape holding a woman with a 2-year-old child in a stroller, and was run over by a tank.

“The tank turned around and mashed them up.

“Soldiers fired machine guns until the ammo ran out.”

Such an unbelievable amount of bullets were fired on civilians at Tiananmen Square that “they ricocheted inside nearby houses, killing many residents.” ...

Diplomats added that some 1,000 executions took place following the massacre, but an exact figure is unconfirmed. “It was probably thought that the massacre of a few hundreds or thousands would convince the population not to pursue their protests. It seems to be working,” reads a statement by the diplomats.

5. ‘June 4’: A Highly Taboo Subject in China Today
Despite Hong Kong lighting up every evening on June 4 in an annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the victims of the massacre, Chinese mainlanders across the border are without such freedom of speech.

Talking about the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or even mentioning “June 4,” or “6.4,” could have one disappear.

In 2007, Zhang Zhongshun, a lecturer from Yantai University, showed his class a video of the massacre, which he obtained from an overseas website. He was subsequently jailed for three years by Laishan City Court on Feb. 28, 2008. ...

Who’d dare raise this for discussion in China knowing the consequences? Will the current Chinese leaders redress the issue and bring Jiang Zemin to justice for his litany of crimes?

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1   latitude38   2021 Jun 6, 8:53pm  

Much like if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it -does that mean it didn’t happen .Tank man image can’t be found on Bing
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8v9m/bing-censors-tank-man

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