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The occupied Tiananmen Square as seen from the roof of the Beijing Hotel on June 5, 1989.
Tiananmen Square: Japanese diplomats feared Chinese troops would storm embassy
- Workers burned documents and planned to escape on bicycles as the People’s Liberation Army responded to democracy protests, official recalls
- A Chinese military unit sprayed gunfire at an accommodation block for Japanese diplomats
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Tiananmen Square crackdown
Updated: 5:07pm, 4 Jun, 2019
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The occupied Tiananmen Square as seen from the roof of the Beijing Hotel on June 5, 1989.
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