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==Human rights, security police, and public health==
==Human rights, security police, and public health==
===Tiananmen Square democracy protests massacre===
[[File:Wmr1a.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Remains of what used to be [[human being]]s in the Tiananmen Square [[democracy]] protests.<ref>http://www.cnd.org/HYPLAN/yawei/june4th/</ref>]]
[[File:Wmr1a.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Remains of what used to be [[human being]]s in the Tiananmen Square [[democracy]] protests.<ref>http://www.cnd.org/HYPLAN/yawei/june4th/</ref>]]
The [[Tiananmen Square massacre]] took place when a series of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations led by students, labor activists and intellectuals in [[China]] between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989, were broken up by the [[People's Liberation Army|army]]. The death toll is estimated to be between 2,700 and 10,000.<ref>"[https://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/chinese-killed-at-least-10000-at-tiananmen-square-newly-declassified-documents-claim/ Chinese Killed At Least 10,000 At Tiananmen Square, Newly Declassified Documents Claim]", ''Daily Caller'', 12/24/2017.</ref> The demonstrations mainly took place on [[Tiananmen Square]] in [[Beijing]], but large protests also occurred in several cities throughout China, including [[Shanghai]]. The crackdown was a source of friction between China and the West, and also between the visiting [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and the Chinese Government.<ref>Tiananmen - the Rape of Peking. Michael Fathers and Andrew Higgins, 1989.</ref>
The [[Tiananmen Square massacre]] took place when a series of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations led by students, labor activists and intellectuals in [[China]] between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989, were broken up by the [[People's Liberation Army|army]]. The death toll is estimated to be between 2,700 and 10,000.<ref>"[https://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/chinese-killed-at-least-10000-at-tiananmen-square-newly-declassified-documents-claim/ Chinese Killed At Least 10,000 At Tiananmen Square, Newly Declassified Documents Claim]", ''Daily Caller'', 12/24/2017.</ref> The demonstrations mainly took place on [[Tiananmen Square]] in [[Beijing]], but large protests also occurred in several cities throughout China, including [[Shanghai]]. The crackdown was a source of friction between China and the West, and also between the visiting [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and the Chinese Government.<ref>Tiananmen - the Rape of Peking. Michael Fathers and Andrew Higgins, 1989.</ref>