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People demonstrate in memory of the late Premier Zhou Enlai during the Qingming Festival, a traditional time for honoring the dead, April 5, 1976. This event, known as the ‘Tiananmen Incident,’ led to hundreds of arrests. The Party’s Central Committee, at a tense meeting, condemned the episode as counter-revolutionary.

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People demonstrate in memory of the late Premier Zhou Enlai during the Qingming Festival, a traditional time for honoring the dead, April 5, 1976. This event, known as the ‘Tiananmen Incident,’ led to hundreds of arrests. The Party’s Central Committee, at a tense meeting, condemned the episode as counter-revolutionary.