The 1989 Demonstrations in Tiananmen Square

question 27

Multiple Choice

The 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square

• A) were encouraged by the Communist Party as a tribute to the dead Mao Zedong.
• B) were tolerated by China's leaders and eventually the demonstrations quietly ended.
• C) so frightened the Communist Party leaders that they had the army violently disperse the demonstrators.
• D) were instigated by Chinese students who were demanding the return of Taiwan to China.
• E) were postponed because of the death of Deng Xiaoping.

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