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‘Butcher of Beijing’ Li Peng
July 25 , 2019
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- Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, who ordered martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen protests, has died at the age of 90.
- He is best known as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the Tiananmen Square brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989.
- On April 1989, thousands of Chinese students had gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in support of democratic reforms.
- Hundreds of people were killed, and the protest was brought to a sudden end.
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