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Recently, the Communist Youth League branch in Liaocheng, Shandong, posted a video explaining how to tie a red scarf. According to the post, some users said the method resembled the triangular scarf on Japanese sailor uniforms and questioned whether the organisation had been infiltrated by Japanese spies. The claims could not be independently verified. The Liaocheng branch had closed its account’s comment section as of publication.

According to the post, an alleged bullying incident occurred on the 5th involving the taekwondo team at a junior high school in Yilan, Taiwan. After a female senior student called a male junior student by the wrong name, he allegedly pulled her hair, beat her and choked her for several minutes. Other students filmed the incident, and a coach was present, but no one spoke up to stop it. The poster also alleged that the school tried to settle the matter quietly. The material could not be independently verified.

According to the post, students from the Yuncheng Oral Health Vocational School in Shanxi province marched in the streets on June 7 to seek redress. The post alleges that the school engaged in improper admissions and operations and sent students to Henan to take the national college entrance examination, but they were unable to sit the exam because they lacked admission cards. The students were sent back that day and then marched in the streets, seeking justice. The claims could not be independently verified.

According to the post, a girl in Xiamen, Fujian, jumped into a river in an apparent suicide incident. The information could not be independently verified.

An online post alleges that the Yunnan Red Cross removed all of a child’s organs under the pretext of a medical examination. It also alleges that relevant authorities had taken no action, with no progress or result for nearly a year. The claims could not be independently verified.

On the evening of June 6, a silver car drove onto a sidewalk near Jiexin Garden in Dongxiang District, Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province. A pregnant woman was reportedly bleeding heavily, and her condition was unknown. Online posts alleged that the driver was Li Xiaobo, deputy director of the local land management bureau; the claim could not be independently verified.

At a regular Foreign Ministry briefing on June 4, spokesperson Mao Ning responded to remarks by governments about the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen incident, saying: “On this matter, the Chinese government has already reached a clear conclusion. We oppose anyone using this as an excuse to attack or smear China.”

The material alleges that the two related questions were deleted from the Ministry’s published transcript.

According to the material, on the night of June 4, the 38th Army and the 15th Airborne Army allegedly fired at civilians and students while advancing along the streets. At about 1:30 a.m., martial-law troops around Tiananmen Square allegedly opened fire to disperse protesters. Around 3:30 a.m., Hou Dejian, Zhou Duo and others negotiated with military representatives, who agreed to let the students withdraw. After the lights went out at 4 a.m., thousands sang The Internationale; the lights came back on at 4:30 a.m. as troops began clearing the square. The student command then voted to withdraw. Troops allegedly used force at about 4:50 a.m. and opened fire around 5:30 a.m. on those who had not left. At about 7 a.m., the withdrawing group was allegedly hit by tanks and gas shells at Liubukou. The material also says that some universities later set up memorial halls, protests spread to more than 400 cities, and condemnation followed from countries around the world. These claims could not be independently verified.

The material also cites a memoir titled “White Dawn,” published by the U.S. World Journal on June 16, 1992, and signed by Zhong Luobai. The writer, described as a student at a Beijing university at the time, said he saw tanks throwing gas shells near Chang’an Avenue and Tiananmen Square, and described about 10 bodies crushed among bicycles at Liubukou, with tank-track marks and a bloodstained school flag. Those descriptions could not be independently verified either.

The text criticises what it describes as inhumane indoctrinating education and harsh living conditions, saying they are raising generation after generation of “inhuman walking dead.” The statement reflects the poster’s view and could not be independently verified.

According to the post, Beijing ordered an attack on Tiananmen, while many officers and soldiers disobeyed. It also says Major General Xu Qinxian was sentenced to five years by a military court. The post alleges that at 8 p.m. on June 3, military aircraft flew over the square, after which a military unit opened fire on civilians. At 2 a.m., a student broadcast was still calling on the army to abandon the use of force, saying the students were making a peaceful appeal for democracy, freedom and national prosperity. The claims could not be independently verified.

According to the post, on June 5, some owners of the Hangyucheng residential complex in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, raised demands at the Jiaokong Group, calling for the development to resume construction and its original quality to be restored. The post alleges that there were no banners or marches during the action, but that some owners were arrested by police. The claims could not be independently verified.

An anonymous post claims that another student suicide occurred in the poster’s hometown, saying similar incidents happen “every so often.” The claim and video could not be independently verified. The post warns that the content may be disturbing.