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Student mobilizations in China

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I chose the student mobilisations in China because it is a country I don't know much about and it has a great history like what happened on 15 April 1989. When Hu Yaobang, the former Communist Party leader, passed away. Hu had worked to push China towards a more open political system and had become a symbol of democratic reform. Almost a month later, thousands of students began a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square demanding greater freedoms, an end to corruption and improvements in education. Later, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Zhao Ziyang, called for an end to the demonstrations.  China interrupted live US news broadcasts from Beijing and on 4 June 1989, Chinese troops arrived in Tiananmen Square and fired on civilians and students, ending the demonstrations. The official death toll has never been disclosed. Finally, on 4 June 2009, thousands of people commemorate the 20th anniversary of the student massacre at a gathering in Hong Kong. Today, journalists ...

My cat Luna

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🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈    🐈   🐈   🐈   🐈   My cat Luna, I picked her up from the street a few blocks from my old house, she was in very bad shape and her fur was burnt. That was in 2013 and she was with my mother, so we picked her up and took her to the shower. The next day we went to the vet and we thought she was blind but no, she has healthy beautiful green eyes.  Luna has a coat of three colours: blonde, white and black. She has put on a lot of weight in the last few years but her head is still as small as before. Luna likes to meow, play with paper, keep the house very clean and drink fresh water. Sometimes she can be very capricious because she won't stop meowing until I give her what she wants. My cat is very important to me because I am often alone in my house, so she keeps me company, even when I have to sta...