Reactions to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
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The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre were the first of their type shown in detail on Western television.[1] The Chinese government's response was denounced across the world; a report by the U.S. State Department said: "Foreign governments have expressed near universal revulsion over the crackdown although a few exceptions have supported China's approaches. Negative reactions range from punitive measures by Western countries to private criticisms in the East."[2] Specifically, it said: "China's credentials as a socialist reformer were being called into question not only by Western European communists but also by progressives in Eastern Europe and, to a lesser extent, the Soviet Union."[3] Notably however, many Asian countries remained silent throughout the protests;[4] the government of India responded to the massacre by ordering the state television to pare down the coverage to the barest minimum, so as not to jeopardize a thawing in relations with China, and to offer political empathy for the events.[5] Criticism came from both Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Australia and some east Asian and Latin American countries.[6] North Korea, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany, among others, supported the Chinese government and denounced the protests.[7] Overseas Chinese students demonstrated in many cities in Europe, America, the Middle East, and Asia against the Chinese government.[8]