The 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square
a. were encouraged by the Communist Party as a tribute to the dead Mao Zedong.
b. were tolerated by China's leaders and eventually the demonstrations quietly ended.
c. so frightened the Communist Party leaders that they had the army violently disperse the demonstrators.
d. were instigated by Chinese students who were demanding the return of Taiwan to China.
e. were postponed because of the death of Deng Xiaoping.
c
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