Thirty years after bloody crackdown in Beijing, visitors have IDs checked and journalists are warned against taking pictures
China was marking 30 years since its deadly crackdown on student demonstrators in Beijing with silence and extra security measures on Tuesday.
The nation’s government has worked to suppress discussion of one of the darkest chapters in its history, when Beijing deployed tanks and troops to put down a countrywide movement calling for democratic reforms. In the lead up to the anniversary, activists have been detained and internet controls tightened.
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