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June 5, 2014 12:08 am GMT

The World Remembers While Tiananmen Square Is Forced to Forget

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It has been 25 years since the Chinese government deployed 200,000 troops armed with assault rifles and tanks to inflict devastating violence on unarmed civilians trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks. The resulting bloodshed lead to the deaths of thousands.

See also: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre, 25 Years Later

Remembrances were held in the city of Hong Kong, and global headlines marked the 25th anniversary of China’s brutal crackdown on the protesters. Yet there was no trace of remembrance at the site of the killings. Tourists posed for pictures below the iconic portrait of Mao Zedong, and children ran laughing through the square. The only sign of that day’s lingering effects were the swarms of police patrolling the square and the roads leading to it. Read more...

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