TO GO WITH AFP STORY 'China-politics-Tiananmen,FOCUS' by Pascale Trouillaud (FILES) Beijing residents inspect the interior of one of over 20 armoured personnel carrier burnt by demonstrators to prevent the troops from moving into Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The 20th anniversary this week of reformist leader Hu Yaobang's death will kick off an ultra-sensitive period for China's communist rulers as they are forced to revisit the deadly Tiananmen crackdown. April 15, 2009 will mark the beginning of a period of heightened tension and increased security in China that will last until June 4, the date in 1989 when soldiers were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush six weeks of unprecedented democracy protests. AFP PHOTO / MANUEL CENETA / FILES (Photo credit should read MANUEL CENETA/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY "China-politics-Tiananmen,FOCUS" by Pascale Trouillaud (FILES) Beijing residents inspect the interior of one of over 20 armoured personnel carrier burnt by demonstrators to prevent the troops from moving into Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The 20th anniversary this week of reformist leader Hu Yaobang's death will kick off an ultra-sensitive period for China's communist rulers as they are forced to revisit the deadly Tiananmen crackdown. April 15, 2009 will mark the beginning of a period of heightened tension and increased security in China that will last until June 4, the date in 1989 when soldiers were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush six weeks of unprecedented democracy protests. AFP PHOTO / MANUEL CENETA / FILES (Photo credit should read MANUEL CENETA/AFP/Getty Images)

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