The Tiananmen massacre was a myth. ''This probably won't shock you, but the idea of the 'Tiananmen Square Massacre' is a US-led myth,'' says journalist Andy Boreham.
Claimed by Andy Boreham · 2024-06-03
What fact-checkers found (1)
- DW.comMisleading. Although multiple eyewitnesses and foreign reporters doubt deadly clashes occurred in Tiananmen Square itself, they confirm that scores of people were killed in the areas surrounding the square in central Beijing.
2024-06-08
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