The Tiananmen Square massacre is one of the most important note worthy tragedies in modern Chinese history

It was the biggest protest against communist rule in the past 60 years before it was squashed

Thanks to the consistent suppression and propaganda of the modern Chinese government many if not most Chinese citizens today

Don't even know that the protest or the massacre that followed ever happened

Thankfully the corrupt and oppressive Chinese government has no bearing on what we talk about here in the suck dungeon

at least not yet

On June 3rd and 4th

1989 the Chinese people's liberation army killed hundreds

probably thousands of

Protesting civilians mainly students in and around Tiananmen Square and Beijing China

demanding the government address a faltering economy and many basic citizen rights disavowed by communist rule

Then many of us here take for granted in the US and elsewhere in the western world like free speech and freedom of the press

What started off as student led peaceful protests

Triggered by the death of a politician more open than most in China to moving towards democratic and capitalist freedoms

Quickly developed into something bigger as more and more students arrived their demands grew louder

They refused to back down and stop protesting despite threats of punishment

Eventually regular citizens old and young and even members of the military and minor government officials joined the protest

Group from all walks of life for now protesting for change demanding their own various reforms

Comments party leaders grew fearful that the protesters wanted to not just push for some changes

But to maybe overthrow the party itself and they debated about how to end the protests

While some members did want to listen to the students demands and engage in a dialogue

Others wanted to end the protests as quickly as possible without acknowledging the protesters demands for reforms

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