The extra context for why things turned so ugly after two months of peace, and why a false narrative took hold in such a coordinated way afterward, is that the CIA was openly present. 30 year CIA veteran James Lilley was appointed ambassador to China on April 20th, five days after the start of public gatherings in Tiananmen, which were initially to mourn the April 15 death of Hu Yaobang. Gene Sharp, who literally wrote the manual for how to start nonviolent color revolutions, flew in for 9 days and observed mysterious efforts to drive the protesters to violence — an intelligence asset only partially aware of the project he was involved in. The CIA was embedded with the protesters “for months” according to the Vancouver Sun, steering and equipping them. Voice of America was broadcasting disinformation to PLA military bases claiming some units were loyal to the protesters and were firing on other units, and claiming Deng Xiaoping was near death — literally attempting to whip up a military insurrection. This was a committed US effort to topple the Chinese government, using the momentum of the USSR dissolving and Hu Yaobang’s death.
Why are you seriously posting something from ziq, a person that hates you?
Anyways, why are you taking anything he says seriously?
Excellent response! Like a true tankie, devoid of all reason, spectacular fallacies, self victimizaton… Brilliant! I want to hear more!
Tell me some sweet sweet songs about stalin, putin and pol pot!
This term is offensive.
The thing about Tiananmen is inaccurate too. Violent clashes did occur elsewhere in Beijing on the night of June 4 1989, resulting in the deaths of over 200 civilians and over 20 soldiers and police, but witness testimony from numerous foreign journalists and diplomats who were present), and some of the main student organizers themselves, has indicated that no one died in the square itself, and a Spanish news crew even filmed crowds of students walking out of the square at the end of the night, singing the Internationale. Also, the violence elsewhere in the city began with attacks against government forces, not by them. In the preceding days, (CW) multiple Chinese soldiers were burned and lynched elsewhere in the city.
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The extra context for why things turned so ugly after two months of peace, and why a false narrative took hold in such a coordinated way afterward, is that the CIA was openly present. 30 year CIA veteran James Lilley was appointed ambassador to China on April 20th, five days after the start of public gatherings in Tiananmen, which were initially to mourn the April 15 death of Hu Yaobang. Gene Sharp, who literally wrote the manual for how to start nonviolent color revolutions, flew in for 9 days and observed mysterious efforts to drive the protesters to violence — an intelligence asset only partially aware of the project he was involved in. The CIA was embedded with the protesters “for months” according to the Vancouver Sun, steering and equipping them. Voice of America was broadcasting disinformation to PLA military bases claiming some units were loyal to the protesters and were firing on other units, and claiming Deng Xiaoping was near death — literally attempting to whip up a military insurrection. This was a committed US effort to topple the Chinese government, using the momentum of the USSR dissolving and Hu Yaobang’s death.