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Newly released British documents put the number of people killed by the Chinese army during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests as at least 10,000. A secret diplomatic cable from the British ambassador to China at the time has come to light giving these updated figures. China’s statement at the time was that “several dozen” had died, other estimates ranged from several hundred to 1,000.
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