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Title: Tiananmen Square Massacre


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Tiananmen Square Massacre
  • By ?????

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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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