The Tiananmen Square Massacre
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Power of State Sponsored Amnesia
The second massacre that happened outside Beijing it was in Chengdu in Sichuan province and it also happened on June the 4th. The situation is slightly different in Beijing where people saw it happen with their own eyes but there's also this instinct for self-preservation. When you talk to older people in China young people don't know about they haven't been able to learn about it in school or through the internet old people know about it right. Louisa: I'm sure come on holiday with me come on a history holiday with me let's do it!
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