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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is the official CCP opinion on that happened in Tianm. SQ.?

Were any student protestors brutalized by military personel with tanks?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't say that exactly because I don't know Mandarin. I think a bit over 200 deaths occurred as a result of armed conflict between the Chinese military and rebels (also armed) in the streets outside the square. The total death toll includes both sides of the armed conflict as well about 40 students and some innocent bystanders. Nothing in the square and no tanks crushing people (Have you watched the tankman video?).

Obviously it's still not great, for many reasons, but it's also not the indiscriminate bloodbath western media makes it out to be.

I linked this elsewhere here, but I like how this article lays out the facts as far as can be known and includes the months leading up to that awful night.

https://archive.ph/24zzF

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But you said that you are inclined to believe it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems to me to be the closest to accurate depiction of events based on the evidence presently available.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

So you don't k ow what the CCP position is, but you think it relates most to the evidence?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That and .50 will get you a dollar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So you didn't see my other reply?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why does it matter what the CCP position is?

They aren't the absolute truth when it comes to reality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

OP said that the CCP positions seems most correct (can't remember what adj. was used.) OP usd the CCP position in argent, so the position is relevant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Interpreting your question differently.

Translation which is linked from the article I linked earlier. https://archive.ph/6ubTT

But I can only assume this is accurate because, again, I don't know Mandarin.