taking over the government."
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if they have repented of their offenses," Land6 says. "But indiscriminate forgive- ness of those who, having plotted against the state, show no remorse and make clear their intention to repeat their offenses at their first opportunity, is hardly in the pub- lic interest." After the first (July 1986) mili- tary coup attempt against Aquino failed, the...
surprise by
the June 1989 massacre in
Tiananmen Square. And af-
ter obligatory denuncia-
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ership in Beijing, Taipei
then continued on its new course.
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