Tiananmen 30 Years On; A Wary World Eyes China; Tariffs: Mexico's Turn; Global Unrest; A New EU?; Trump Across the Pond; D-Day Anniversary; and Trash Talk
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We salute the heroes of the Chinese people who bravely stood up ... to demand their rights. Today, Chinese citizens have been subjected to a new wave of abuses, especially in Xinjiang, where the Communist Party leadership is methodically attempting to strangle Uighur culture and stamp out the Islamic faith, including through the detention of more than one million members of Muslim minority groups. Even as the party builds a powerful surveillance state, ordinary Chinese citizens continue to seek to exercise their human rights, organize independent unions, pursue justice through the legal system, and simply express their views, for which many are punished, jailed, and even tortured."
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an official statement release June 4, 2019 to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, as
quoted in The Washington Post.
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Under the pretext of human rights, the statement grossly intervenes in China's internal affairs, attacks its system, and smears its domestic and foreign policies. The Chinese government and people reached the verdict on the political incident of the late 1980s long ago. Whoever attempts to patronize and bully the Chinese people in any name or preach a 'clash of civilizations' to resist the trend of times will never succeed. They will only end up in the ash heap of history."
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Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the U.S. in an official response to Secretary Pompeo's remarks regarding the Tiananmen massacre anniversary on June 4, 2019, as
quoted in The Washington Post.
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A Massacre, Erased” Jeff Widener; Wu’er Kaixi; Yaqui Wang; Louisa Lim; John Pomfret -- The Washington Post, May 30, 2019
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