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Xi Jinping goes full 1984
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Xi Jinping goes full 1984

"Who controls the past, controls the future," wrote George Orwell. That's happening right now in China.

In 1989, China Chose a Future That We Are Now Living In
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In 1989, China Chose a Future That We Are Now Living In

Thirty years ago today, the Chinese government ordered soldiers to open fire on students and blue-collar workers who had taken over Tiananmen square in central Beijing to demand more political freedom and less corruption. Nobody knows how many people were killed, but estimates run into the thousands.