Military and police mutinies rarely break out in the face of small demonstrations, but reliably occur when revolutionary uprisings reach a critical mass, making unconscionable large scale killing the government’s only survival option.
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China’s Censored Histories: The Struggle to Carry Memories of the Tiananmen Massacre Into the Future
Despite pervasive censorship, there is a continued effort to remember.
Record Crowd Commemorates Tiananmen Massacre at Hong Kong Candlelight Vigil
This collective act of remembrance has turned into a ritual for the past 30 years, as many Hong Kongers keep honoring the spirit of China’s democratization.
Chinese Students and Workers are Uniting Again, 30 Years After Tiananmen Square Crackdown
Chinese workers are in a worse situation than they were in 1989.
30 Years After The Tiananmen Massacre: The Troubled History of The Goddess of Democracy
When the People’s Liberation Army cleared the protest on June 4, the statue was quickly felled and crushed by tanks. But replicas soon appeared in Hong Kong and other places.