Then again, we in the West were also woefully un/misinformed on the events up until recently. we have that image of thousands of student protesters rallying for democracy being run down by tanks, even though the student body had largely left by the time of the crackdown, and most of the casualties were older, blue-collar workers, and the majority of the civilian deaths were caused by gunfire not tanks, and the death toll was likely “hundreds,” not “thousands.”
And it didn’t happen in Tiananmen Sqare.
When we criticise, as we should in this case, we should always criticise from the side of knowledge. It’s difficult to argue your position convincingly if it’s riddled factual errors, after all.