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  2. 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia

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    China also sought to diversify its external partnerships, establishing good diplomatic relations with post-Soviet Russia, [311] and welcoming Taiwanese business in lieu of Western investment. [311] China expedited negotiations with the World Trade Organisation and established relations with Indonesia, Israel, South Korea, and others in 1992. [294]

  3. Martial law - Wikipedia

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    Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. [1] Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties may be suspended for as long as martial law continues.

  4. People's Liberation Army at the 1989 Tiananmen Square ...

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    The military forces enforcing martial law would be drawn mainly from the Beijing, Jinan and Shenyang Military Regions. [21] Liu, Chi and Yang Shangkun then reported to Deng that the martial law force would mobilize 180,000 PLA and People's Armed Police personnel. [21] By May 18, the protests in Tiananmen Square had reached one million ...

  5. Guided Democracy in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The liberal democracy period in Indonesia, from the re-establishment of a unitary republic in 1950 until the declaration of martial law [1] in 1957, saw the rise and fall of six cabinets, the longest-lasting surviving for just under two years. Even Indonesia's first national elections in 1955 failed to bring about political stability.

  6. February 28 incident - Wikipedia

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    The initial February 28 purge was followed two years later by 38 years of martial law, commonly referred to as the White Terror, which lasted until the end of 1987, during which over 100,000 people were imprisoned for political reasons [36] of which over 1,000 were executed. [37]

  7. China–Indonesia relations - Wikipedia

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    President Sukarno of Indonesia greeted at Beijing airport by Mao Zedong flocked by Indonesian-Chinese flags Mao Zedong and Sukarno. After the Indonesia's independence in 1945 and the acknowledgement of its sovereignty from the Dutch in 1949, Indonesia established political relations with China (previously with Republic of China and later with People's Republic of China) in 1950. [21]

  8. Chiang Ching-kuo - Wikipedia

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    The eldest and only biological son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China and ended martial law in 1987. He served as the 3rd premier of the Republic of China between 1972 and 1978 and was president of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988.

  9. Li Peng - Wikipedia

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    Most estimates of the dead range from several hundred to several thousand people. Li later described the crackdown as a historic victory for communism, [3] and wrote that he feared the protests would be as potentially damaging to China as the Cultural Revolution had been. [18] The martial law was lifted by Li on 10 January 1990. [22]