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Why did the Chinese government mobilise the Army against civilians in 1989? The massacre in Tiananmen Square in June 1989 resulted in thousands of deaths and a great scar in China's humanity records. It was a political issue that was intensified by the nature of the student led protestors that led to the incident. The political hardliners led by Deng Xiaoping and Li Peng had the political might to enforce their ideals and thus crush the more liberal politicians and the various reformists groups protesting in the Square. As well as this the nature of the government itself was a reason why the army was mobilised. Coupled with this the methods used by the protestors were inappropriate. In total the course of events themselves and the fact that the government could mobilise the army against the protestors meant that they did. The protestors, made up primarily by students but also by...

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