Word: killinger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It was the 27th that drove pro-democracy demonstrators from the center of Beijing on Saturday on orders from the hard-line hierarchy, killing hundreds in the most violent suppression of a popular movement in Communist China's 40-year history.
Soldiers continued firing into crowds around Beijing four days after troops began killing hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in the most violent suppression of a popular movement in Communist China's 40-year history.
Most of the soldiers involved were from the 27th Army, which is based in Hebei province and apparently is led by members of Yang's family. The 27th, which fought China's brief 1979 war with Vietnam, invaded the city Saturday night and rolled into Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds on...
On the uprising in China, members of the panel hypothesized that the troops killing Beijing residents were so violent in part because frustration had built up in some army divisions, leading them to run amok in Tiananmen Square.
Recriminations keep dogging the tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103, which blew up last December over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270. Britain's Ministry of Transport came under fire for having failed to respond soon enough to terrorist bomb threats against U.S. airliners. Last week West German officials were embarrassed by...