UD Professor Returns from China Filled with Outrage and Shock Over Violence; Military Coup, Civil War or Government Collapse Could be Next in China; Excessive Violence Not in Keeping with History of Chinese Government

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Feature leads for the media: Sister Judith Martin, S.S.J., shared that upon returning home and reading the headlines of the massacre of students in Beijing, she cried. "It was a shock," she said. "I just couldn't help crying. It was like those were my students." History faculty member T.C. Rhee comments on a weekend of governmental violence in China. Political science faculty member Antonio Lapitan comments on the unusual force used by the Chinese government.