Originally Posted by Gouge

Estimates of deaths from different sources, in descending order:

10,000 dead (including civilians and soldiers) ? Soviet Union.

7,000 deaths ? NATO intelligence.

4,000 to 6,000 civilians killed, but no one really knows ? Edward Timperlake.

Over 3,700 killed, excluding disappearance or secret deaths and those denied medical treatment ? PLA defector citing a document circulating among officers.

2,600 had officially died by the morning of 4 June (later denied) ? the Chinese Red Cross.

An unnamed Chinese Red Cross official estimated that, in total, 5,000 people were killed and 30,000[clarification needed] injured.



241 dead, including soldiers, and 7,000 wounded, according to the Chinese government.