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According to the material, at 10 p.m. on June 3, 1989, China Central Television broadcast an emergency notice from the martial-law troops’ command, urging Beijing residents to stay home and not go to Tiananmen Square. The material says that, at the same time, the first gunshot was heard near Wukesong.

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.

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.

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.

The post refers to a suicide. Limited information is available, and the account could not be independently verified.

The material states that some victims’ bodies were at Beijing Post and Telecommunications Hospital on June 4, 1989. It also says Fuxing Hospital, the Post and Telecommunications Hospital, the Children’s Hospital and the Railway Hospital were near West Chang’an Avenue, where there were many victims and injured people.

According to the post, an elderly man at Shenyang’s Luyuan struck an urban management officer with a brick after the officer allegedly shoved a female street vendor. Footage shows bystanders cheering and applauding. The post also says residents were subsequently allowed to set up stalls. The information could not be independently verified.

According to the material, these voices came from the last demonstrators to leave during the Chinese military’s forceful clearing operation from the night of June 3 to the early hours of June 4, 1989.

On May 25, China National Radio Military published a post asking, “What gift would you like to receive this summer?” It included a poster featuring an aircraft carrier. The post was interpreted as suggesting possible “military reunification with Taiwan” this summer. The post prompted discussion, with some commenters saying they hoped for “fairness and justice,” free medical care for all, and a life “without oppression.” The post has since been deleted. The information could not be independently verified.

According to the post, on May 30, workers at the Dali branch of Yunnan Huasheng Engineering Construction Company said the company owed them wages and held banners seeking payment. The material could not be independently verified.

According to the post, on May 29, owners of the Lixiangcheng project in Handan, Hebei, knelt outside the municipal government to seek redress over the project’s reported eight-year stagnation. The material could not be independently verified.