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Student protesters dancing at Tiananmen Square before the massacre, Beijing, China, 1989 (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/historyporn@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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[–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

As much as I despise the PRC, thank you for making this point. It always bothers me when people ignore the progress made in the modern era - things may be horrible now, but goddamn were they worse in the past.

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