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How would the world react today, if the Chinese regime committed another Tiananmen Square style massacre?

Asked by mattbrowne (31732points) February 28th, 2011

Given the fact the UN Security Council agreed on sanctions against Gaddafi’s regime in record time, how would it react if the events in Libya got repeated in China as well?

Shooting at peaceful protesters. Killing many of them.

The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_massacre killing between 400 and 3000 people doesn’t seem that different from what is going on in Libya these days.

Has the world changed? Does the Internet make a difference? Can China get away with a massacre in 1989, but not in 2011?

Right now there seem plenty of Arab-inspired protests going on in China. What does this mean? Can the world community protect the Chinese demonstrators? Will the regime be more careful because of what is going on in the Arab world right now?

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