Inflection EP13: Busting the Myths Surrounding 1989 Tiananmen Square

This week on Inflection, we talk about the truth behind the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident, how the Western media has lied about it every year on the anniversary of the violence since it happened, how this is part of a wider propaganda war waged against China and how the 1989 events themselves were part of attempts to deliberately destabilize and overthrow the Chinese government.

We also discuss recent news including Malaysia’s new prime minister, a recent bombing in Baluchistan Pakistan targeting Chinese engineers, and Cambodia’s ongoing efforts to uproot US meddling.

News:

Malaysia’s New Prime Minister Voice of America (VOA, US government funded) – Malaysia’s King Names New Prime Minister from Corruption-Mired Party:
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pac…

US-backed Terrorists Target Chinese Engineers in Pakistan (Again)

Al Jazeera – At least two killed in suicide bombing in southwest Pakistan:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8…

Guardian – Protests in Pakistan erupt against China’s belt and road plan:
https://www.theguardian.com/environme…

National Interest – Free Baluchistan:
https://nationalinterest.org/commenta…

GovTrack – H.Con.Res. 104 (112th): Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan, currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill…

US House of Representatives Hearing – Baluchistan (2012):
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/C…

Cambodia Continues to Uproot US Interference

Al Jazeera – Cambodia union leader faces court verdict as crackdown continues:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8…

US Meddling in Cambodia vs. China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Al Jazeera – Cambodia union leader faces court verdict as crackdown continues:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8…

LD – Washington Post Denies US Meddling in Cambodia, Cites US Meddlers:
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/20…

Main Topic:

Background of US Policy Toward China:

US State Department, Office of the Historian – Draft Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Johnson:
https://history.state.gov/historicald…

US State Department, Office of the Historian – Review of Tibetan Operations:
https://history.state.gov/historicald…

Tiananmen Square 1989:

The Telegraph – Wikileaks: no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square, cables claim:
http://web.archive.org/web/2011060519…

Wikileaks – SITREP NO. 29: ARTICLE JUSTIFIES MARTIAL LAW; PLA TO USE ANY AND ALL MEANS TO ENFORCE MARTIAL LAW; DEFENSE MINISTER APPEARS, SO DOES LI PENG; TENSION ON TIANANMEN SQUARE:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/89…

NYT – Witnessing China’s 1989 Protests, 1,000 Miles From Tiananmen Square:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/wo…

Financial Times – Tiananmen Square: the long shadow:
https://www.ft.com/content/4f970144-e…

Chai Ling interview: ​​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__ES…

National Endowment for Democracy – GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY: SYMBOL OF DEMOCRACY AROUND THE GLOBE:
https://www.ned.org/democracy-award/g…

Nonviolent Struggle in China: An Eyewitness Account (by Gene Sharp and Bruce Jenkins):
https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/90sa/90sa…

LA Times – James Lilley dies at 81; ambassador to China and CIA operative:
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituar…

Washington Post – IMAGES VILIFY PROTESTERS (1989):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv…