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| The Tienanmen Incident (1989) | |
Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO
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| DEMOCRATIZATION At the end of the '80s, the wave of collapse of the socialist regimes in Eastern Europe spread toward China. The thousands of students who had gathered in Tienanmen Square to demand democratization were suppressed by force. China was condemned internationally for this display of brutality. | |