Read the following excerpt on the Tiananmen Square protests. Then answer the question that follows.

June 4, 2014, marked the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. On this day in 1989, a large number of students were gunned down by the People’s Liberation Army for demanding their rights. Years after the massacre, China still refuses to speak about the incident. It has banned any discussions about Tiananmen Square. Chinese school textbooks do not mention anything about this event that changed China’s future. Recently, when a journalist showed the image of the Tank Man to students in Beijing, China, very few recognized the image.

Based on the excerpt, what can you infer about China’s memories of Tiananmen Square?

A) China ensures that its people are aware of the Tiananmen Square protests.

B) China made the image of the Tank Man a symbol of students’ organizations.

C) China wants to wipe out memories of the Tiananmen Square incident.

D) China mourns Tiananmen Square incident on every anniversary of the protests.

Respuesta :

C, I looked it up and C was the right answer

The correct option is C

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the Tiananmen massacre, the Tiananmen revolt or the June 4 incident, consisted of a series of demonstrations led by students in the People's Republic of China, which took place between 15 April and June 4, 1989. The protest is named after the place where the People's Liberation Army suppressed the mobilization: Tiananmen Square, in Beijing. The protesters came from different groups, from intellectuals who believed that the Communist Party government was too repressive and corrupt, to city workers who believed that economic reforms in China had gone too far and that inflation and unemployment were threatening their life forms. The event that started the protests was the death of Hu Yaobang.