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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: 35 years after Tiananmen: Communism, Christianity, and China
Description: China (MNN) — Earlier this month marked the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre when the Chinese government ordered troops and police to crack down on pro-democracy protestors.
On June 4, 1989, at least 180,000 troops and armored vehicles fired into the crowds of mostly students packed in Tiananmen Square and drove over them, killing several thousand people.
This tragic moment and the political fallout impacted the spread of the Gospel through China in ways that still echo today.
Kurt Rovenstine, President of Bibles for China says, “It did allow there to be some opportunity…. From 1990 to 200...