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Rebuilding China’s Moral Foundation by Telling the Truth About Tiananmen

I cross-posted this essay on the Huffington Post today: Rebuilding China’s Moral Foundation by Telling the Truth About Tiananmen by Xiao Qiang Twenty years ago, the world watched as Chinese people stood up for freedom, and the People’s Liberation Army responded by sending in tanks and guns. Millions of Chinese took to the streets in 1989 because they wanted a say in the future of their

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