Chinese students protest Beijing crackdown in U S rallies
Chinese students and Chinese Americans gathered in San Francisco New York Washington Philadelphia and other cities denouncing the military assault on Beijing protesters calling for ouster of Communist Party officials. They chanted slogans accused Deng Xiaoping and Li Peng and mourned the dead while pledging to push for justice and democracy.
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Bloodbath in Beijing as troops crush protests at Muxidi bridge
AP witness recounts the Beijing crackdown two weeks after martial law, describing fire on buses, gunfire, tear gas, and civilians bleeding on streets. Soldiers fire from shadows while crowds resist, with hundreds killed and 21 bodies laid out at a makeshift mortuary. Civilians seize a tank, torch it, and parade red flags proclaiming democracy.
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