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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Tiananmen Square Cleared But Not Forgotten


Twenty years ago today the Goddess of Democracy stood in Tiananmen Square and thousands of students and their supporters hoped for a more just and democratic China. Within a week their peaceful protest was brutally put down, with thousands murdered, and families billed for the bullets that killed their loved ones. The square was cleared, but the memory of those that gave their lives will surely not be forgotten in China and around the world. The following video documents those extraordinary days.


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