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 (GLF) [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,