Thursday, June 4, 2009

the june fourth incident

the tiananmen square protests of 1989, culminating in the june fourth incident, began with the april 15th death of pro-market, pro-democracy and anti-corruption official hu yaobang, and lasted until tanks cleared the square on june 4th. early reports put the number of dead at 2500, but the official chinese government figure is 241.

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