Tiananmen Square: China minister defends 1989 crackdown
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The 1989 Tiananmen protests were the greatest challenge China’s communist rulers had faced
China has defended the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in a rare public acknowledgement of events. His remarks came after Twitter issued an apology for suspending a number of accounts posting about China ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. Media playback is unsupported on your device
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More than one million pro-democracy protesters occupied Tiananmen Square in April 1989 and began the largest political demonstration in communist China’s history.
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