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It's May 4th, 2019 at Tiananmen Square in Beijing,

almost six months after the end of World War I.

A Chinese university student pushes his way through the massive gate of heavenly peace

at the north of the square,

where 3,000 other students have gathered to protest the actions of the Chinese government.

Recently, the student has learned that the government plans to seed lands in eastern China to Japan as part of the Treaty of Versailles, the diplomatic end to World War I. The student joins thousands of others in calling

for an end to the government's weakness and their acceptance of Japanese imperialism. He demands

that the Chinese government protect their own people and refuse to sign the treaty.

The student is angry, but not as angry as some of the others.

The student hears shop windows shattering near the square.

He fears the protest is about to turn violent.

He looks for an exit from the square.

But it's too late.

He swept up in a throng of people pushing from the square out into the street. The student looks

on in horror as the group of protesters light torches and hurled them at a nearby house. Flames

leap from the home and smoke billows into the air as the

shouts from the protesters grow louder and the crowd were eager for violence.

A warning shot fires overhead and the student turns to see a line of police marching down the street.

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