Marco Rubio, the secretary of state of the United States, was attacked by China for his notes on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square assault, calling them” major intervention” in its domestic affairs. Rubio said in a statement released on Tuesday that” Today we commemorate the bravery of the Chinese people who were killed as they attempted to exercise their fundamental freedoms, as well as those who continue to suffer persecution as they seek accountability and justice for the events of June 4, 1989 .” The world may never forget what happened, he added, despite Beijing’s continuous censorship work. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Wednesday that China had “lodged a grave opposition” with the US and responded clearly to Rubio’s responses. According to Lin,” The false statements by the US side intentionally distort historic facts, purposefully attack China’s social system and development path, and really interfere in China’s internal affairs,” according to AFP news agency. In Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Chinese soldiers and tanks fought back weeks-long student-led protests that had demanded more political freedoms after the assault in 1989. Although the precise death toll is unknown, but quotes range from a few hundred to more than a thousand. China continues to censor any public comments about the event, which is done annually around the celebration. On Wednesday, authorities in Beijing deployed around Wan’an Cemetery, where patients are believed to be buried, and at many roads close to Tiananmen Square. Since the passage of a comprehensive national security laws in 2020, Hong Kong, when the only Chinese-ruled nation where large-scale open vigils were held to celebrate June 4, has also stepped up restrictions on memory activities. The area around Victoria Park, where the famous light celebration again attracted tens of thousands of people, was seen by scores of police patrolling the area. Chow Hang-tung, a imprisoned activist in Hong Kong, started a 36-hour poverty strike in protest on Wednesday. She reaffirmed her devotion to remembering the patients in a social media post, calling the nationwide security guards the “real crooks” and urging the officials to accept my “wrongful” prison. She cited the unending suffering of the Tiananmen Mothers, who have waited 36 times without making an official explanation. The gales may have blown out the lights in Victoria Park, she said, but every honest man will have the sparks of fairness in their hearts. While political societies choose to keep the reality and refuse to ignore those who have embodied the ideals of animal rights, authoritarian governments frequently choose to stay motionless and neglect about history, Lai wrote on Facebook. In mainland China, where authorities refer to the 1989 demonstrations as “political turmoil,” public discourse on Tiananmen continues to be forbidden in the news agency AP. The Taiwanese government has not publicly acknowledged wrongdoing despite foreign appeals, including one from the Tiananmen Mothers party, which was signed by 108 members and demanded an analysis and explanation. Rallies continued outside of island China. At Taipei’s Liberty Square, a lighting display was held. According to AFP, 20-year-old National student Lara Waldron was quoted as saying,” As a college student, I’m of the age of some organisers and members — people who lost their lives in Tiananmen.” Yet, the ruling Communist Party in Beijing made sure the 36th celebration passed without leaving a track, as it has for decades.
