Tiananmen Square Massacre

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Tiananmen Square Massacre

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Discussion Topics

• Why students protested
• The Governments response to protesters
• The Symbolism of Tank Man
• The worlds reaction to the story
• The Governments response

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Why students protested

• The want of a democracy
• Death of their leader (memory)
• To be free (political freedom openness)
• Goddess of Democracy freedom

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Governments response

• Those who looked suspense of co-coordinating the
  protest were beaten killed
• The Chinese army ran over everything in sight
• When there was no were else to go they reasoned

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The Symbolism of Tank Man

• He was a normal brave man
• He fought for what he believed in
• Tank Man shows that anyone can stand up to
  injustice
• Incredibly bold
• No one knows what happened to him

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The worlds reaction to the story

• It was being filmed in a hotel
• People on bicycles were begin shot
• People were crying and soldiers struck them with
  batons
• Women were holding their bloody heads
• Everywhere people were running fleeting

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The Governments Response

• George Bush said, I deeply deplored the use of
  force.
• The ferocity of the attack took many by surprise
• This did not result in a radical change in the
  Chinese government
• After China had tightened their government
• This event became more conservative around the
  world

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