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BBC News - June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square Massacre

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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the June 4th Incident, or colloquially, Six-four (Chinese: 六四) by the Chinese public, and as the Political Turmoil between Spring and Summer of 1989 by the government of the People's Republic of China, were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals and labour activists in the People's Republic of China between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989.

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Uploaded: August 17, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Author: taozhuo

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Tags: Tiananmen Square Massacre 天安門 六四 BBC china beijing democracy protest communist June Fourth Event

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PatchworkPorpoise (Sunday 30th of November 2008 07:54:09 AM)
I've never seen the footage before. It's horrific. :(
stillrob420 (Saturday 29th of November 2008 11:44:18 AM)
at least people in china stood up, americans have been in the chair for a long time!
lamplighteyes (Friday 28th of November 2008 03:01:58 AM)
It's incredible she got this report.
EmoTrout (Thursday 27th of November 2008 06:56:56 PM)
shut up
KatMays379 (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 12:03:11 PM)
There have been incidences in the past though, like the students protesting the Vietnam war like canuckleheaded mentioned. It has happened before, and no one should be beyond the thought that it could happen again.
GoGloh (Wednesday 26th of November 2008 07:01:57 PM)
Of course! I think as citizens of a democracy, we're responsible to speak up and educate each other. Democracy's also an experiment and we often forget we're still working on it, changing it, developing it, but I feel fortunate to be part of it. I disagree with my gov't and other aspects of the USA very often, but I've never felt systematically persecuted for speaking against them. In the end, I'm happy to be American, but I don't believe the USA is perfect - honestly, we're very far from it. :)
nnbb2008 (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 05:11:15 AM)
It is always an interesting topic for foreign medias...They just keep broadcasting their own but one-side opinion on this event, but none of them seems really care about how normal Chinese think about it.
Racr4Lyfe (Monday 24th of November 2008 12:04:58 AM)
I fucking hate China's government.
thetencount (Friday 21st of November 2008 10:28:48 PM)
you're fucking stupid.
GoGloh (Friday 21st of November 2008 09:56:19 AM)
No need for such angry hatred, canucklheaded. Thanks for bringing it up; now that you've brought it to my attention, I can look it up. :) I live in an area of the USA where protests happen on frequent and regular basis, so, for me, it's not a big deal to see a protest - in fact, many people I know have protested, even me. Never have we had the US army open fire on us. The Vietnam War was before my time, but part of the USA's very shady history; then again, no nation in the world is innocent.