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It's almost like every government commits atrocities at some point or another.
There's a difference between quickly suppressing a color revolt that is killing soldiers vs. invasions and coups that kill and displace millions of people. If Tiananmen revolt had spread or succeeded then a LOT more people would have died, and China would now be a western puppet instead of a sovereign nation.
Ah yes, dangerous, dangerous students asking for democracy.
"democracy" China was/is already more democratic then any western "democracy"