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Government spokesman Yuan Mu said on June 6 that there were 23 students and hundreds of soliders died during the crackdown and insisted that "no casualities on the Square." The government later revised the number several times.

Government spokesman Yuan Mu said on June 6 that there were 23 students and hundreds of soliders died during the crackdown and insisted that "no casualities on the Square." The government later revised the number several times.

While foreign governments expressed horror at the brutal suppression of the demonstrators, the central government eliminated remaining sources of organized opposition, detained large numbers of protesters, and required political reeducation not only for students but also for large numbers of party cadre and government officials.  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>

While foreign governments expressed horror at the brutal suppression of the demonstrators, the central government eliminated remaining sources of organized opposition, detained large numbers of protesters, and required political reeducation not only for students but also for large numbers of party cadre and government officials. Four million people were reportedly investigated for their role in the protests. More than 30,000 Communist officers were deployed to assess the "political reliability" of more than one million government officials.<ref>https://perilofafrica.com/2021/06/on-the-32nd-anniversary-of-tiananmen-square.html</ref> 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>

No sanctions were ever leveled by [[The West|Western powers]] and [[globalist]]s for these naked human rights violations.  In fact, China was welcomed into the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) in 2001 and granted Most Favored Nation ([[MFN]]) trade status by the [[United States]] in 2002, having made no reforms to its socialist, [[authoritarian]] and [[totalitarian]] system.

No sanctions were ever leveled by [[The West|Western powers]] and [[globalist]]s for these naked human rights violations.  In fact, China was welcomed into the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) in 2001 and granted Most Favored Nation ([[MFN]]) trade status by the [[United States]] in 2002, having made no reforms to its socialist, [[authoritarian]] and [[totalitarian]] system.