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Tiananmen Square protests: “It was not [demanding] too much, too fast”

Published: 04 June, 2009, 13:31


Beijing residents inspect the interior of one of over 20 armoured personnel carrier burnt by demonstrators to prevent the troops from moving into Tiananmen Square 04 June 1989 (AFP Photo / Manuel Ceneta)

“If you think about what was happening in the socialist world at that time, there were a lot of changes, and the Chinese wanted to participate,” said Austin Jersild, Associate Professor of history.

 
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