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Article: China calls in 10,000 troops, starts crackdown on students
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 27, 1989
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BEIJING Chinese authorities began a crackdown on dissident
students Wednesday, clearing Tiananmen Square of pro-democracy
banners, firing the editor of a liberal newspaper and vowing to
disperse any "illegal demonstrations."
A possible confrontation between students and police loomed this
morning as the students prepared to march to the square and
authorities mobilized to block them.
Chinese sources say at least 10,000 anti-riot soldiers have been
brought into Beijing in anticipation of trouble.
The growing sense of confrontation came as dozens of police
swarmed into the central square just after midnight and began to
dismantle anti-government banners and memorial wreaths placed ...