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Tiananmen Square
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Tian·an·men Square  (tyänänmn)
An extensive open area in central Beijing, China, the world's largest public square. Adjacent to the Forbidden City, it has long been the site of festivals, rallies, and demonstrations. In 1989 Chinese troops fired on student demonstrators, killing an estimated 2,000 or more.
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It is not unusual for them to proclaim that the Tien An Men Square massacre was a storm in a teacup, and that the fifteen hundred or so people massacred are of little matter in a country with such a large population, and that China is now on the road to capitalism.
Peking's planned Anschluss with Taiwan: illusion and reality in ... by Marchant, Leslie R. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
 
 
 
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