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submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Date of 4 June remains one of China’s strictest taboos, with government using increasingly sophisticated tools to censor its discussion

There is no official death toll but activists believe hundreds, possibly thousands, were killed by China’s People’s Liberation Army in the streets around Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s central plaza, on 4 June 1989.

The date of 4 June remains one of China’s strictest taboos, and the Chinese government employs extensive and increasingly sophisticated resources to censor any discussion or acknowledgment of it inside China. Internet censors scrub even the most obscure references to the date from online spaces, and activists in China are often put under increased surveillance or sent on enforced “holidays” away from Beijing.

New research from human rights workers has found that the sensitive date also sees heightened transnational repression of Chinese government critics overseas by the government and its proxies.

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[-] febra@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

You could pick so many more things to criticize China for especially from its past, verifiable events, yet the west always picks Tiananmen Square, making sure to pick the image of the guy standing in front of the tank, but somehow always forgets to show the video of the guy climbing on top of the tank, asking soldiers to turn around to where the protesters are, and somehow forget mentioning that literally half the casualties were soldiers that were set ablaze. Even diplomatic cables at the time either leaked or declassified prove that.

[-] Anonymaus@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago

Whataboutism

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[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Maybe I'll take Taiwan's word on this one...

Whatever the US says, you just know it's posturing hypocritical bullshit

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Never forget when the CIA organised an armed color revolution which resulted into people shooting at the Chinese military. The clashes outsider of the square, not on it as the name suggests, resulted in a total of around 300 deaths.

Tiananmen has to be the dumbest propaganda pount because it is so incredibly easy to debunk for anyone who has basic access to a search machine. The CIA literally admitted they backed the riots.

The sheer hypocrisy of posting this while the American government is arming a live streamed genocide with over 60.000, likely more than 200.00p killed.

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[-] chloroken@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

My favorite thing to do is to watch liberals read the (very western biased) Wikipedia article on this event. The moment when they realize how many soldiers were killed before the crackdown is always radicalizing for those with even a modicum of intellectual curiosity.

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

According to the official numbers there were ten civilians killed for every state agent of oppression.

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[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago

I'm confused, I thought June 5th was the taboo 'tank day'?

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[-] iMastari@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
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[-] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago
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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh is this the terrible bad country we shipped our entire industrial base to?

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