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Tiananmen Square 1989 death toll was at least 10,000 according to UK documents

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362 points ComputerGuru | 1 comments | 23 Dec 17 12:36 UTC | HN request time: 1.112s | source
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mongol ◴[23 Dec 17 13:39 UTC] No.15994102[source]▶
It is strange that such a relatively recent event has so big uncertainty in the historical records.
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1. arethuza ◴[23 Dec 17 13:48 UTC] No.15994137[source]▶
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

Edit: Apologies for the bare quote - I've always found the concept of the "mutability of the past" a fascinating and particularly troubling aspect of Orwell's work.