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Remembering “That Year,” 24 Years Later

Twenty-four years after army troops rolled into the streets of Beijing and opened fire on protesters, the government is still working to erase the history of 1989, while activists are struggling to keep memories alive. In the Washington Post, participants of the 1989 protests talk about how they explain the events to their children, who have never learned this part of China’s history in their

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