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World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacre (www.theguardian.com)

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Date of 4 June remains one of China’s strictest taboos, with government using increasingly sophisticated tools to censor its discussion

There is no official death toll but activists believe hundreds, possibly thousands, were killed by China’s People’s Liberation Army in the streets around Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s central plaza, on 4 June 1989.

The date of 4 June remains one of China’s strictest taboos, and the Chinese government employs extensive and increasingly sophisticated resources to censor any discussion or acknowledgment of it inside China. Internet censors scrub even the most obscure references to the date from online spaces, and activists in China are often put under increased surveillance or sent on enforced “holidays” away from Beijing.

New research from human rights workers has found that the sensitive date also sees heightened transnational repression of Chinese government critics overseas by the government and its proxies.

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[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (12 children)

You're actually delusional if you think anything like the Tiananmen square massacre is happening in the US today.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Its far worse, seppoland has actual concentration camps at the border and ~~secret~~ plainclothes police disappearing people into torture prisons in foreign countries. Also funding, arming and running political cover for a genocide. Why just today it vetoed a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. And thats just whats currently going on off the top of my head.

If we look at US history however we can find stuff like throwing a bomb on their own civilians and just one genocide after another.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Boy tankies will literally anything out of their ass to justify their false narratives.

No, the reality is that you cannot come up with any examples like this massacre so you're trying to cope with any random thing you slap on. Come back to me when you have an example of the federal government giving direct orders to massacre anything that moves during a massive civilian protest (pro tip: you can't).

Trying to argue that the US today is worse than China today or even back then, is the definition of arguing in bad faith. Just about every index and measurement shows that China is way more authoritarian, and to the CCP human rights isn't even a subject of debate, it's more like a loose guideline that should be applied selectively.

If you really want to get into history, then literally nothing in history matches the insane death toll of communist China. Mao is literally history's biggest killer by a big margin, and his reign has resulted in the worst man made disasters ever. From illegally occupying to Tibet to putting the Uyghurs in "reeducation camps" to stealing islands in the South China sea from the Philippines to massacring civilians peacefully protesting to literal demicides to the worst man made famine in history, and so much more. Your ignorance on the history of China is expected, but also still embarrassing

For the record, unlike you mouthbreathers, I actually acknowledge the bad things the US has done and does, because I actually have principled. I know you don't have any, otherwise you wouldn't be showcasing yourself as a hypocrite and a clown for everyone to see in attempt to distract from a basic criticism of the Chinese government.

[–] stopgermanizerz@endlesstalk.org -3 points 3 days ago

Non-sense. Mao just got rid of white-wingers. You're just scared because you know you deserve it lmao

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