"At Tiananmen, the troops who'd first arrived attempted to drive the people away, to separate the students from the ordinary citizens. A last warning was given, and the students prepared to leave," he said.
"They had expected to be given an hour but within five minutes the anti-personnel carriers of the 27th entered the square, firing their machine guns as they came.
"When all those who had not managed to get away were either dead or wounded, foot soldiers went through the square bayoneting or shooting anybody who was still alive.
"They had orders that nobody in the square be spared, and children and young girls were slaughtered, anti-personnel carriers and tanks then ran backwards and forwards over the bodies of the slain until they were reduced to pulp, after which, bulldozers moved in to push the remains into piles which were then incinerated by troops with flamethrowers."
I always wondered why the CCP made a big deal of keeping this quiet, after all, they put down a bunch of protesters harshly which is typically the message they wanted to convey. It was only recently I heard it was due to the fact that the local troops wouldn’t go against the protestors and they had to bring in troops from other areas. That’s what they were afraid of, the people would find out. (Looks like China is off the travel list for me now)
coreyneil on December 19th, 2021 at 06:34 UTC »
“That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives…
….In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.” - Carl Sagan
weednumberhaha on December 19th, 2021 at 06:36 UTC »
Here's one (admittedly debated) account:
"At Tiananmen, the troops who'd first arrived attempted to drive the people away, to separate the students from the ordinary citizens. A last warning was given, and the students prepared to leave," he said.
"They had expected to be given an hour but within five minutes the anti-personnel carriers of the 27th entered the square, firing their machine guns as they came.
"When all those who had not managed to get away were either dead or wounded, foot soldiers went through the square bayoneting or shooting anybody who was still alive.
"They had orders that nobody in the square be spared, and children and young girls were slaughtered, anti-personnel carriers and tanks then ran backwards and forwards over the bodies of the slain until they were reduced to pulp, after which, bulldozers moved in to push the remains into piles which were then incinerated by troops with flamethrowers."
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-03/bob-hawke-tiananman-classified-cable/100184916
SafariNZ on December 19th, 2021 at 07:41 UTC »
I always wondered why the CCP made a big deal of keeping this quiet, after all, they put down a bunch of protesters harshly which is typically the message they wanted to convey. It was only recently I heard it was due to the fact that the local troops wouldn’t go against the protestors and they had to bring in troops from other areas. That’s what they were afraid of, the people would find out. (Looks like China is off the travel list for me now)