Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAbsolutely nothing happened June 1989lemmy.worldimagemessage-square267fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down167file-text
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageAbsolutely nothing happened June 1989lemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square267fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago the fact that the protesters felt they needed to resort to violence to achieve their aims is a part of that. The million protesters were peaceful. The local Beijing army regiment were largely sympathetic to the protesters and were not aggressive. many of the soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army did not follow the orders to enforce martial law that night. Some soldiers were emotionally conflicted and were hesitant to turn their weapons on the students. They believed that the PLA belonged to the people and that they were supposed to fight for them and not against them You don’t need to make up shit I’m quoting from Wikipedia and British diplomatic cables. It’s you who is trying to whitewash history. the fact that the protesters Government felt they needed to resort to violence to achieve their aims is a part of that.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoThe British government’s public releases about China are not credible, even less so when they conflict with evidence.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThe Chinese story conflicts with the photo evidence and witness testimonials
The million protesters were peaceful. The local Beijing army regiment were largely sympathetic to the protesters and were not aggressive.
many of the soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army did not follow the orders to enforce martial law that night. Some soldiers were emotionally conflicted and were hesitant to turn their weapons on the students. They believed that the PLA belonged to the people and that they were supposed to fight for them and not against them
I’m quoting from Wikipedia and British diplomatic cables. It’s you who is trying to whitewash history.
The British government’s public releases about China are not credible, even less so when they conflict with evidence.
The Chinese story conflicts with the photo evidence and witness testimonials