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 Students on hunger strike. 26th May 1989

Students on hunger strike, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. 26 May 1989.

Several hundred civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic protest in Tiananmen Square, 4 June 1989.

Photo: ©Stuart Franklin / Magnum Photos


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