Had it not been for the achievements of the reform and the open policy, we could not have weathered June 4th. And if we had failed that test, there would have been chaos and civil war. The “cultural revolution” was a civil war. Why was it that our country could remain stable after the June 4th Incident? It was precisely because we had carried out the reform and the open policy, which have promoted economic growth and raised living standards. The army and the government should therefore safeguard the socialist system and these policies.
u/Frogsknecht - originally from r/GenZhouHere’s a broadcast from China after the incident showing footage of the “massacre”, as well as some other footage of mostly peaceful and some violent interactions between police and protestors.
Deng Xiaoping also talked about it openly in the Chinese press. The term he and other Chinese use is “June 4 Incident”.