Most of the hundreds of foreign journalists that night, including me, were in other parts of the city or were removed from the square so that they could not witness the final chapter of the student story.
Right, all the media was ushered out so that they couldn’t see the peaceful ending. Seems legit. But OK, let’s assume it’s the case. Whatever.
Hundreds of people, most of them workers and passersby, did die that night, but in a different place and under different circumstances. […] Many victims were shot by soldiers on stretches of Changan Jie, the Avenue of Eternal Peace, about a mile west of the square, and in scattered confrontations in other parts of the city
I’m struggling to see what revelation you’ve identified here that is so scandalous. Yes, the Chinese government killed several hundred Chinese civilians surrounding the Tiananmen Square in the 1989 protests. Has anyone claimed otherwise?
Your original claim was that the man pictured in the OP in front of the tanks was executed. That claims remains as baseless as China overseas.
It’s fine to hold China, an actual democratic state, to a higher standard than the US. If anything it makes China look bad that you’re comparing them to the great satan.
I just think it’s ridiculous that China-haters have to go back 30+ years to find one instance of the government doing something awful and in 🍔land we have little Tiannamen Squares on a daily basis.
Right, all the media was ushered out so that they couldn’t see the peaceful ending. Seems legit. But OK, let’s assume it’s the case. Whatever.
What are workers and passersby? Right, civilians.
I’m struggling to see what revelation you’ve identified here that is so scandalous. Yes, the Chinese government killed several hundred Chinese civilians surrounding the Tiananmen Square in the 1989 protests. Has anyone claimed otherwise?
Your original claim was that the man pictured in the OP in front of the tanks was executed. That claims remains as baseless as China overseas.
Siri, how many American civilians are killed by cops each year?
It’s fine to hold China, an actual democratic state, to a higher standard than the US. If anything it makes China look bad that you’re comparing them to the great satan.
I just think it’s ridiculous that China-haters have to go back 30+ years to find one instance of the government doing something awful and in 🍔land we have little Tiannamen Squares on a daily basis.
even when that instance wasn’t even remotely as bad as they pretend it was, and is nothing like what the US does on any given week