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Lest We Forget the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989

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Lest We Forget the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989
A lone Chinese man blocks a line of tanks heading east on Beijing’s Avenue of Eternal Peace during the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 5, 1989. Jeff Widener/AP Photo
Chin Jin
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The bloody massacre that took place on June 4, 1989, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, marks its 35th anniversary. We remember it every year, commemorate it every year; it never needs to be recalled because it will never be forgotten.

Chin Jin
Chin Jin
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Australia-based Dr. Chin Jin is the global chair of the Federation for a Democratic China. The group advocates for the democratization of China through opposition to the Communist Party and support for human rights. It was founded following the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests. Chin himself experienced first-hand the tragedies of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
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