Deng Xiaoping was absolutely vindicated by history for his actions taken to suppress the counterrevolutionary riot in Beijing in 1989.
Had a weaker leader been in charge, China could’ve absolutely gone the way of the USSR, being fragmented and destroyed by foreign meddling and
Had a weaker leader been in charge, China could’ve absolutely gone the way of the USSR, being fragmented and destroyed by foreign meddling and
internal corruption.
Fortunately, China didn’t have to go down the USSR’s path of balkanisation, population collapse, and rampant child prostitution/ drug addiction, because one man made the correct decision.
221 people died in Beijing on June 4th. Had their little fascist coup
Fortunately, China didn’t have to go down the USSR’s path of balkanisation, population collapse, and rampant child prostitution/ drug addiction, because one man made the correct decision.
221 people died in Beijing on June 4th. Had their little fascist coup
succeeded, the death toll from a shock-therapy inflicted bourgeois republic brought about by the Rioters in the square would’ve been hundreds or thousands of times greater.
Around 7 million (additional) deaths were recorded following the USSR’s collapse. China avoided that fate
Around 7 million (additional) deaths were recorded following the USSR’s collapse. China avoided that fate
Deng Xiaoping’s speech on the situation in Beijing, from June 9th, 1989:
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