June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square
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Worth remembering.....
How many did the Chinese government kill at Tiananmen? They said a couple of hundred. But last year, the British released an interesting cable from their ambassador in 1989, Sir Alan Donald. He sent the cable the day after — June 5. He said that he had learned from a highly placed source that the death toll was at least 10,000. He also had some grisly details.
“27 ARMY APCS OPENED FIRE ON THE CROWD (BOTH CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS) BEFORE RUNNING OVER THEM IN THEIR APCS.” The phrase “27 Army” refers to the 27th Group Army. “APCS” means armored personnel carriers.
“STUDENTS UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE GIVEN ONE HOUR TO LEAVE SQUARE BUT AFTER FIVE MINUTES APCS ATTACKED. STUDENTS LINKED ARMS BUT WERE MOWN DOWN INCLUDING SOLDIERS. APCS THEN RAN OVER BODIES TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO MAKE QUOTE PIE UNQUOTE AND REMAINS COLLECTED BY BULLDOZER. REMAINS INCINERATED AND THEN HOSED DOWN DRAINS.”
“4 WOUNDED GIRL STUDENTS BEGGED FOR THEIR LIVES BUT WERE BAYONETED. A 3 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS INJURED BUT HER MOTHER WAS SHOT AS SHE WENT TO HER AID AS WERE SIX OTHERS WHO TRIED. 1000 SURVIVORS WERE TOLD THEY COULD ESCAPE VIA ZHENGYI LU BUT WERE THEN MOWN DOWN BY SPECIALLY PREPARED M/G POSITIONS.” That term “M/G” means machine gun.
Etc., etc. The Chinese Communist Party will do everything it can to airbrush the June 4 massacre out of history, or fog up the truth about it. No one else need go along.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/june-4/
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Denny
This as close as China came
This as close as China came to joining the Warsaw pact and ussr in dumping the communist party. They couldn't get the local troops to fire on the students, so brought in farm boys who had no ties to the students to do their dirty work. No one knows what happened to the tank guy who stopped the tank in the street.
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That is mind-numbing.
That is mind-numbing. What a crazy species we are.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
Authoritarian Government =
Authoritarian Government = Bad
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Pipe Slingin'
After seeing what they did to
After seeing what they did to Tibet, was there any question as to the brutality of the Chinese gov't.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
Thanks for posting this, Thom
Thanks for posting this, Thom. Never forget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsu5O2FYoj4
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dj_easy_wind
<After seeing what they did
<After seeing what they did to Tibet, was there any question as to the brutality of the Chinese gov't.>
Yes, but who saw it?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smiley
Did tank guy get run over or
Did tank guy get run over or did he stop the tank?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
From Wikipedia, the free
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname of an unidentified man who stood in front of a column of tanks on June 5, 1989, the morning after the Chinese military had suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 by force. As the lead tank maneuvered to pass by the man, he repeatedly shifted his position in order to obstruct the tank's attempted path around him. The incident was filmed and seen worldwide. There were only a few sources who caught the incident on tape.
More than 29 years after the incident, there is no reliable information about the identity or fate of the man; the story of what happened to the tank crew is also unknown.[4] At least one witness has stated that "Tank Man" was not the only person who had opposed the tanks during the protest. Shao Jiang, who was a student leader, said: "I witnessed a lot of the people standing up, blocking the tanks."[5] Tank Man is unique in that he is the only one who was photographed and recorded on video.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: skyjunk
In honor of this, let’s let
In honor of this, let’s let them start selling spy phones in the US again, and also give trump a fistful of more patents
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
Frontline did a program on
Frontline did a program on Tank Man. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/tankman/
Search Tank Man and you'll find lots of stuff.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
It's fake news.
It's fake news.
Maybe now the Chinese government will approve my trademark?