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Student protesters dancing at Tiananmen Square before the massacre, Beijing, China, 1989 (lemmy.world)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

The protests lasted over a month; the massacre ended them in a flood of state-sponsored murder.

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Everything was worse at some point earlier on. That doesnt mean much. PRC came from ROC, so it wasn't progress.