The risk of a Tiananmen-style massacre in Hong Kong is remote. But it's not zero.
Posted on AllSides September 30th, 2014
From The Left
A huge and oft-stated fear among Hong Kong's protesters right now is of a Chinese military crackdown like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in which troops killed 2,600 protesters who were asking for a lot less democracy than Hong Kongers are asking for now. Some protesters are already anticipating it, lacing downtown with yellow ribbons marked "they can't kill us all." A WhiteHouse.gov petition circulating in Hong Kong has already drawn 190,000 signatures asking President Obama to "Support Hong Kong Democracy and Prevent A Second Tiananmen Massacre in Hong Kong."...