This year marks the 37th anniversary of the “June 4th” incident. Epoch Times has exclusively obtained over two thousand never-before-seen historical photos of the “June 4th” event, bringing to light those years that the Chinese Communist Party has been trying to cover up and erase. The photos are now being released in the form of an e-book, and registered Epoch Times members can view them for free:
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In the spring and summer of 1989, a student democracy movement that shocked the world ignited in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, quickly spreading throughout China. Millions of students and citizens took to the streets, expressing opposition to corruption and demanding democracy and freedom in a peaceful and rational manner. However, the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party secretly mobilized a large number of regular troops and launched a comprehensive crackdown on civilians using tanks and machine guns in the early hours of June 4th. According to unofficial estimates, the CCP shot and killed several thousand to tens of thousands of people.
An official photographer who was at the scene back then documented this history in its entirety, and the rolls of film he shot have been sealed for 37 years. In the twilight of his life, this elderly man entrusted these precious photos to Epoch Times for public release, covering both color and black-and-white photos, totaling over 2000 images. Recently, the Chinese Communist authorities have been threatening and harassing individuals they believe are associated with these photos, including Chinese citizens and American citizens.
For 37 years, the CCP has continued to cover up and suppress the truth of the incident, smearing the peaceful demonstrations by students as “counter-revolutionary riots,” and denying the fact that the military opened fire on civilians. However, history will not disappear because of censorship.
In order to fulfill the old man’s last wish, Epoch Times is now publicly releasing in batches these “June 4th” photos that have been dormant for 37 years, guiding readers back to that sorrowful historical scene and reminding the world not to forget the CCP’s bloody massacre of its own people. The CCP continues to intensify its persecution and intimidation of innocent people today, including threatening Epoch Times staff not to publish these photos.