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Wikileaks Cables Say No Bloodshed Inside Tiananmen Square
netchaos writes "Secret cables from the United States embassy in Beijing have shown there was no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square when China put down student pro-democracy demonstrations 22 years ago." Which is not to say that everything was flowers and wine: "Instead, the cables show that Chinese soldiers opened fire on protesters outside the centre of Beijing, as they fought their way towards the square from the west of the city."
They waited until people were located outside the square itself before the slaughter began.
there was no bloodshed inside the square, the bloodshed happened around the square. but it's called the tiananmen square massacre, because that was the focal point of the conflict. duh
furthermore, there never was any contention about what happened and where. this "shocking discovery" is mundane fact universally understood and agreed upon by anyone who has seriously looked at the massacre, or actually been there
so to post this cable, as if it is shocking to discover that which has always been known, has the appearance of a cover up or a smear against china, in the eyes of your average idiot reading this post who's knows nothing about tiananmen square
so why post this ignorant crap? there's no discovery in this "secret cable". there is only a factoid which agrees with what everyone has known about the massacre since day 1
this is fucking pathetic of you slashdot, to pass this on. you are spreading ignorance. watch all the fucking conspiracy morons get in a tizzy that this proves some hollywood style line of thought. pathetic. and you support morons by posting this "shocking discovery" slashdot
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I just want to point out as these threads get started that everything is relative. There are fine lines between terrorists, rebels, rioters and demonstrators and typically that line is determined by the winners and which side you're on. So, before we deride the Chinese government we should remember the workers riots at the turn of the century in the U.S. where many were killed by authorities, or the race riots of the 60s, again where many died, the following war demonstrators where again authority put them down, the Chicago riots, the L.A. riots and all the other riots that we call riots because they were put down and we live here.
I'm not saying any of it is right or siding with any side but the Chinese authority protect that authority just like authority in any other country, including whichever one you happen to live in.
To be fair, my average fellow American didn't stick around to listen long enough to updated reports. At "Osama was killed", they spent the next week flopping their dicks in the air and smashing beer cans on their heads while running around in public with giant foam fingers chanting "USA USA USA" like retards.
This is rubbish. Of course you can specify what kind of crushing it is in Chinese. The character ya alone is ambiguous, but by using it in a 2 character compound word (as most words are in Chinese) you can easily be more specific.
It's almost exactly the same as in English. You can have ambiguity or you can be specific.
There's a Chinese guy on Chinese /. right now writing "Ah, but in English they say 'They used tanks to crush the protestors', but in English 'crush' is vague. It could mean that the tanks physically squashed them, or that they used shells to fire on the protesters, or that their presence alone with police alongside was enough".