Police Swarm Tiananmen Square to Bar Protest


	Police Swarm Tiananmen Square to Bar Protest

disenchantedcitizen

6-4-2009 11:03 AM

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disenchantedcitizen says:

China must realize that their actions today is putting Tiananmen Square in the news.

It would be best to get it out into the open and allow those people most affected by that tragic event 20 years ago to grieve for what they know they will probably never have.

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