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The 1989 US Invasion of Panama & the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre (276)

Cold War Conversations

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The Hunger Strike and the Student Demonstration in Beijing

Wuhrer Kai-shi and Chai-ling are student leaders in Tiananmen Square. They want to show support for Soviet leader Gorbachev, who is visiting China. But the Chinese government doesn't want more media coverage of their protest. In early June 1989, soldiers flood Beijing's main square with tanks as they try to crush protesters.

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