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>>mhb+(OP)
For comparison, estimates of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre death count are usually put in the 300-1,000 range by journalists and human rights groups.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests...

>>crazyg+A5
One interesting thing about that incident I only learned recently is the chinese leadership was reluctant to use force and prevaricated for ages.

In the end they decided it was worth the risk and I guess they were right, because China survived that period without any rotation of elites and became more prosperous and powerful as a result, avoiding all the chaos of the former Soviet countries