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"That incident was a political turbulence and the central government took measures to stop the turbulence, which is a correct policy," he told the forum.

Gunning down protesters then grinding into a mulch with tanks and aocs, so that you can wash the remains down the gutters is never a solution.

Trying to push this incident into the background only shows how little change has happened.

Once more - this isn't a situation you can ever forgive a government for. There is no ifs, buts or collateral reasons for this.

Right. And it's not like the Dalai Lama can go home either. The only thing that's changed is they dictate more of the groupthink than they did in 89. The social credit system is probably going to be more effective than that tanks were.

We act like we find it so unacceptable but we're still perfectly willing to do business with them. Why should they change if they know they can get away with anything since $100 televisions matter more to us than our principles?

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