• jaxxed@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 day ago

    What is the official CCP opinion on that happened in Tianm. SQ.?

    Were any student protestors brutalized by military personel with tanks?

    • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 day ago

      I can’t say that exactly because I don’t know Mandarin. I think a bit over 200 deaths occurred as a result of armed conflict between the Chinese military and rebels (also armed) in the streets outside the square. The total death toll includes both sides of the armed conflict as well about 40 students and some innocent bystanders. Nothing in the square and no tanks crushing people (Have you watched the tankman video?).

      Obviously it’s still not great, for many reasons, but it’s also not the indiscriminate bloodbath western media makes it out to be.

      I linked this elsewhere here, but I like how this article lays out the facts as far as can be known and includes the months leading up to that awful night.

      https://archive.ph/24zzF

        • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 day ago

          Seems to me to be the closest to accurate depiction of events based on the evidence presently available.

          • jaxxed@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            6 hours ago

            So you don’t k ow what the CCP position is, but you think it relates most to the evidence?

            • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              4 hours ago

              Why does it matter what the CCP position is?

              They aren’t the absolute truth when it comes to reality.

              • jaxxed@lemmy.ml
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                3 hours ago

                OP said that the CCP positions seems most correct (can’t remember what adj. was used.) OP usd the CCP position in argent, so the position is relevant.