1989 STUNNED SILENCE
On the morning after a military crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square, the citizens of Beijing walk around in shock, surveying the damage. What started as a peaceful protest in April calling for democratic reform turned into bloodshed on the night of 3/4 June, when martial law was declared and the army sent in. Tanks were set alight after the army fired on protestors. The death toll is estimated at around 10,000, yet the Chinese government denies this.
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