The massacre in Tiananmen Square resulted from a series of events involving the Communist Party’s control over China. The …show more content…
Both the government and broadcasting companies work together to censor words or phrases relating to the incident from the internet (Keng). The Chinese government is still trying to pretend this massacre never occurred. Chinese citizens consider talking of the Tiananmen Square massacre taboo. The students murdered on that fateful day no longer exist. The survivors live in silent suffering, afraid of the government and afraid of their neighbors. Foreign countries knew little about the details of the massacre. The government silenced any testimonies and reconstructed details about Tiananmen Square. Paxman was visiting China when the massacre occurred. During subsequent visits to China, officials gave Paxman a pamphlet explaining what happened from the government’s perspective (Paxman 183). Most of the West can identify the “Tank Man” photo (Liao 43). However, many Americans, including myself, never knew the extent of the horrors in