A burning armoured personnel carrier (APC) on 4 June 1989, near Tiananmen Square The Chinese army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests killed at least 10,000 people, according to newly released UK documents. The figure was given in a secret diplomatic cable from then British ambassador to China, Sir Alan Donald.
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