China calls Rubio’s comments about Tiananmen Square An

Beijing responded on Wednesday in Secretary of State Marco Rubio for saying that the world “will never forget” the mortal offensive Tiananmen Square in 1989, describing his comments as a “attack” against China.

Chinese troops and tanks forcibly cleared the peaceful protesters of the square in the capital on June 4, 1989 after a few weeks of demonstrations that demanded greater political freedoms.

The exact toll is unknown, but hundreds of people died, with some estimates greater than 1,000 people.

Since then, China’s communist rulers have tried to erase any public mention of repression, with censors that clean all online references and foreign media warned about their coverage of the 36 -year -old brand.

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The News saw the police on Wednesday at the entrance of the Wan’an cemetery, a site in West Beijing where it is known that repression victims are buried.

The officers were also published at several intersections that lead to Tiananmen Square in Chang’an Avenue, a wide route that is placed under tense security throughout the year.

Rubio said in a statement that the “world will never forget” what happened on June 4, even when Beijing “actively tries to censor the facts.”

“Today we commemorate the courage of the Chinese people who were killed while trying to exercise their fundamental freedoms, as well as those who continue to suffer persecution while looking for responsibility and justice for the events of June 4, 1989,” Rubio said.

The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of China, Lin Jian, responded during an informative session on Wednesday in the capital, saying that Beijing had “housed a solemn protest” for Rubio’s comments.

“The erroneous statements of the United States side distort maliciously historical facts, deliberately attack the political system and the path of development of China, and seriously interfere in China’s internal affairs,” Lin said.

The Taiwanese president, Lai Ching-Te, echoed Rubio’s comments, promising to preserve the memory of the victims of blood.

“Authoritarian governments often choose to remain silent and forget history; democratic societies choose to preserve the truth and refuse to forget those who have contributed to the ideal of human rights and their dreams,” Lai said on Facebook.

China states that Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to seize the Democratic Island by force.

Hong Kong’s commemorations prohibited

In Hong Kong, imprisoned activist Chow Hang-Tung began a hunger strike of 36 hours on Wednesday, an stubborn attempt to individually commemorate the brand in a city that was once host of great public memories.

The former lawyer used to organize an annual vigil that attracted tens of thousands to the Victoria Park of the city.

Hong Kong had been the only place under Chinese domain where repression commemoration is tolerated.

The slogans in the vigils of candlelight sometimes requested democracy in China and the end of the government of a single party.

But after the huge protests and sometimes violent passed the city in 2019, Beijing brought a broad national security law that has annulled political dissent.

The public monument has been prohibited and Chow effectively, facing a possible life imprisonment sentence in subversion charges.

In recent years, activists have been arrested for “crimes in relation to seditious intention” throughout the anniversary.

In a publication on social networks, Chow said his hunger strike “would commemorate this day and reaffirm our commitment.”

He called the city’s national security officers “‘True Criminals'” and urged the authorities to apologize for her “unfair” imprisonment.

“The story tells us that (apology) will probably take a long time: Tiananmen’s mothers have been waiting for 36 years and have not yet received an apology,” he said, referring to an activist group composed of families of victims of repression.

A video with Zhang Xianling, 87, whose 19 -year -old son was killed in 1989, distributed online last week.

China’s authorities have never addressed the supplication of the dialogue group on the subject; Instead, they have used all the means to monitor and accommodate the members of the Tiananmen mothers, Zhang said.

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