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A quiet Tiananmen Square anniversary displays China's ability to suppress history

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Security was tight around Beijing 's Tiananmen Square , where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989 .

Under then-leader Deng Xiaoping , the military was sent in to end the protest on the night of June 3-4 .

Hundreds and possibly thousands of people were killed, including dozens of soldiers.

The ruling Communist Party has tried, with some success, to erase what it calls the “political turmoil” of 1989 from the collective memory.

Taiwan transitioned from authoritarianism to democracy in a process that began in the late 1980s .

It relies on support principally from the U.S. , along with other democratic partners, to deter China from invasion.

The Communist Party says it favors peaceful reunification but doesn't renounce the use of force.

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