{"id":8121,"date":"2023-06-05T11:16:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T11:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2023-06-07T22:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T22:15:33","slug":"34-years-ago-the-tiananmen-square-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=8121","title":{"rendered":"34 Years Ago &#8211; The Tiananmen Square Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rumble-com wp-block-embed-rumble-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Remembering Tiananmen Square 34 Years Later\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v2q5r1c\/?pub=24ns9#?secret=fJHgIi2d4B\" data-secret=\"fJHgIi2d4B\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>34 Years Ago Today &#8211; The Tiananmen Square Massacre | The Gateway Pundit<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">On June 4, 1989,<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> hundreds of innocent civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic uprising in Peking\u2019s (Beijing) Tiananmen Square.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><main><p><\/p>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Tanks rumbled through the Beijing streets late on June 3rd as the army moved into the square from several directions.<\/p>\n<p>They opened fire randomly on the unarmed protesters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp0.blogger.com\/_L6pDyjqqsvY\/RmPn9i99MXI\/AAAAAAAAErM\/kqLxviPEUqg\/s1600-h\/tiananmen3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp0.blogger.com\/_L6pDyjqqsvY\/RmPn9i99MXI\/AAAAAAAAErM\/kqLxviPEUqg\/s320\/tiananmen3.jpg?resize=431%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"306\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The injured were rushed to hospital on bicycle rickshaws by frantic residents shocked by the army\u2019s sudden and extreme response to the peaceful mass protest. \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/june\/4\/newsid_2496000\/2496277.stm\"><strong><em>BBC<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-448677\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wounded-tiananmen-square-600x408.jpg?resize=600%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wounded-tiananmen-square-600x408.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wounded-tiananmen-square.jpg 900w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\"><br>\nDemonstrators transport a wounded man during the military crackdown in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. (David Turnley\/Corbis\/VCG via <a href=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/tiananmen-square-jiang-lin\">Getty Images<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who can forget this brave man?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tank Man: what happened at Tiananmen Square?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4woMuFZAx88?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-10=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The bloodshed in Tiananmen Square has come to symbolize the triumph of the spirit over brute force. June 4th is a day we are reminded of the brutality of the communist regime in China.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-448675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiananmen-square-600x348.jpg?resize=600%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiananmen-square-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiananmen-square.jpg 1147w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\"><\/p>\n<p>Photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christusrex.org\/www1\/sdc\/tiananmen.html\">Christusrex.Org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp1.blogger.com\/_L6pDyjqqsvY\/RmPjWy99MUI\/AAAAAAAAEq0\/7LXZVI3N46g\/s1600-h\/tiananmen.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp1.blogger.com\/_L6pDyjqqsvY\/RmPjWy99MUI\/AAAAAAAAEq0\/7LXZVI3N46g\/s320\/tiananmen.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paramilitary policemen patrol around Tiananmen Square in Beijing, June 3, 2007, on the eve of the June 4 anniversary. Tiananmen Square was quiet on Monday and China\u2019s media was silent on the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators that took place there 18 years ago to the day. (REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p>In 2007 President George W. Bush <a href=\"https:\/\/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/goddess-of-democracy-dedicated-today-to.html\">dedicated<\/a> the \u201cGoddess of Democracy\u201d dedicated to the victims of communism.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More\u2026<\/strong><\/em> My brother Joe visited Tiananmen Square ten years ago and sent this photo:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6pDyjqqsvY\/SiiXTlMukYI\/AAAAAAAAb6A\/EbYADSzn1Jg\/s1600-h\/tiananmen%2Bsquare.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6pDyjqqsvY\/SiiXTlMukYI\/AAAAAAAAb6A\/EbYADSzn1Jg\/s400\/tiananmen%2Bsquare.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe said the Chinese citizens he was traveling with didn\u2019t want to talk about it.&nbsp; They know better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">via The Gateway Pundit https:\/\/ift.tt\/NY8Sbxi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/main><\/div>\n<p>June 5, 2023 at 07:14AM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>34 Years Ago Today &#8211; The Tiananmen Square Massacre | The Gateway Pundit On June 4, 1989, hundreds of innocent civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic uprising in Peking\u2019s (Beijing) Tiananmen Square. 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