Beijing Accuses US Top Diplomat of 'Smearing' China Over Tiananmen Comments
Beijing has accused a top US diplomat of 'smearing' China with comments made regarding the Tiananmen crackdown. China views these statements as an attempt to defame the country.
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Beijing says U.S. comments on Tiananmen crackdown ’smear’ China
"No amount of censorship can erase the past," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday, referring to the events of June 4, 1989.
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China accused the United States on Thursday of distorting facts and smearing its political system, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said censorship could not “erase” the memory of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. On June 4 that year, the Chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush protests calling for political reform in and around […]
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