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Eliot Engel: “On that dark day, the People's Liberation Army openly fired upon protesters, many of whom were students.”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
On that dark day, the People's Liberation Army openly fired upon protesters, many of whom were students.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel recounts the violent crackdown during the Tiananmen Square protests.

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