What caused the massacre of protesters in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989?

A. Protests by pro - and anti-communist citizens escalated into violence and required military intervention.

B. Mao Zedong wanted to publicly punish rural workers who resisted his "Great Leap Forward."

C. China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.

D. Deng Xiaoping's attempted overthrow of the communist government resulted in violent resistance.

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What caused the massacre of protesters in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989?

A. Protests by pro - and anti-communist citizens escalated into violence and required military intervention.

B. Mao Zedong wanted to publicly punish rural workers who resisted his "Great Leap Forward."

C. China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.

D. Deng Xiaoping's attempted overthrow of the communist government resulted in violent resistance.

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Kaitlynn Sawyer · Answer 1

C. China's communist leadership refused to tolerate any mass demonstrations against the government.

China's leaders including Deng Xiaoping considered the protests as a political threat. Consequently, they resorted to use force in order to quash the protests which resulted in the massacre of the protesters