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> killing peacefully protesting students, That said, there's a sharp cultural contrast between the responses to the Kent State massacre in the US and the Tiene
by byecomputer 6y ago
> killing peacefully protesting students,
That said, there's a sharp cultural contrast between the responses to the Kent State massacre in the US and the Tienenman Square massacre in China. In the US, you can't say Kent State wasn't popularly condemned, didn't prompt change, or isn't burned into the nation's psyche to this day. In China, you can't say much about Tienenman Square, period.
- trasz 6y agoIn China, the Tienanmen Square massacre and surrounding events are basic knowledge; afaik every high schooler learns about them.
- byecomputer 6y agoTo my knowledge, it's widely known of and therefore spoken of privately, but it isn't taught in schools (beyond an acknowledgement that there were protests) and information surrounding the massacre is suppressed on a top-down basis.
- trasz 6y agoI'm depending entirely on various bits and pieces on the Internet here, but, quoting https://qr.ae/pNaLCw https://qr.ae/pNaLCw: "I first learned about the happening of the incident at school, in the Grade 8 “Morality and Politics” class. [..] At the chapter on constitution, our teacher briefly mentioned the "turbulence": basically, in 1989 students used to take the streets and things "ended up messy". But he didn't give much detail." This matches other stuff I've read in the past - it's not heavily discussed, but I wouldn't call it suppressed either. EDIT: There's another aspect to this: I have no idea how it looks like in schools in various western countries, but from what I remember from Poland, it's all about "government murdering protesters". It doesn't mention whatsoever that it was much more complicated and there victims on all sides.