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    My reply is that yes, it was a top-down mistake, government policy was a major factor compounding the famine (the CPC even admits it) and nothing like that has happened in the many decades since, demonstrating the ability of the government and the broader movement to learn from mistakes and avoid repeating them. As some other replies pointed out, their history of regular famines has stopped entirely since the Three Year Great Famine, so they have clearly learned, improved and overcome a major hunger issue in a country with huge food demands.

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      What about certain square? Will the government ever admit it?

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        What about certain square? Will the government ever admit it?

        Nisour square? I think the U$ is glad it happened.

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            Tiananmen Square.

            Thanks for clarifying.

            Can you share your source that China does not discuss the events surrounding the square?

            I’d love to see your source on what happened there as well.

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              BWA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

              Edit: source for what happened: https://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident

              How Chinese describe it: Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe described the Tiananmen protests as “political turmoil that the central government needed to quell.”

              “The government was decisive in stopping the turbulence, that was the correct policy,” he said.

                • diegeticscream [all]
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                  @brimnac, since you’re banned from the 'grad (good), I can’t interact with you. I can see your responses if I dip into lemmy.world.

                  An encyclopedia article is not a primary source.

                  An encyclopedia article without any actual links to sources or references may as well be a work of fiction.

                  That’s not a fucking source and you’re still a cracker.

                  • @brimnac
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                    210 months ago

                    OK - China tells the entire truth about what happened during the event.

                    You’ve totally proven beyond doubt that we’re wrong, and you’re right about everything.

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                  i’D lOvE tO SeE yOuR sOUrCe sTaTInG i’M a CrAcKeR.

                  Edit: banned?!?!

                  Oh well, anyway.

                  • @Lightsong
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                    510 months ago

                    Lmao I know right?

                    China shills are unreal…

                • @brimnac
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                  210 months ago

                  I’m not sure it was me who was banned… unless it’s a shadow ban :)

            • @Lightsong
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              210 months ago

              How deep in this are you?

              Like for real…