1. The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests involved university students in Beijing gathering in Tiananmen Square in April 1989 to draw up a list of demands centered on political and economic reforms, which also included calls for an end to corruption, censorship, and limits on basic rights [S2]. On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops opened fire on students, workers, and others who had been peacefully protesting for political reform in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square [S2]. The supplied evidence does not establish what the People's Liberation Army did beyond opening fire on protesters [S2]. The supplied evidence does not establish whether civilians were killed [S2]. The supplied evidence does not establish why casualty estimates differ [S2]. The supplied evidence does not establish how discussion of June 4 is censored or restricted in China [S2].

2. The Great Leap Forward of 1958-1962 under Mao Zedong involved practices such as subjecting peasants to exhausting labor without adequate food and rest, which resulted in epidemics, starvation, and deaths [S3]. Major policies contributing to famine included the Great Leap Forward itself [S4]. The Great Leap Forward failed to meet its production goals and led to a famine in which about 20 million people died [S4].

3. Mao Zedong strongly condemned widespread practices of the Great Leap Forward (GLF) in late autumn 1958, such as subjecting peasants to exhausting labor without adequate food and rest, which had resulted