In Rememberance - The Massacre at Tiananmen Square - 06/04/1989
On June 4, 1989, hundreds of innocent civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army in a bloody suppression of a democratic protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Tanks rumbled through the streets of Beijing late on June 3rd as the army moved into the square from several directions.
The event reminds us of the brutal tactics that the Communist regime will do to maintain control.
BBC - On This Day - 1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square
Interview with Tao Jun, Student Leader of the Tiananmen Square Democratic Movement
Reuters report that there was a heavy presence of paramiltary policemen around the Square today. The media in China have not reported anything. Discreetly, the government has put a number of activists and dissidents under house arrest or were warned to lay low over the past few days.
In Hong Kong, the annual candlelight vigil is expected with tens of thousands in attendance. It is the only such commemoration on Chinese soil.
The United States issued a frank warning to China that its hosting of the Olympics could be marred by its poor human rights record, most notably its failure to acknowledge the Tiananmen massacre.
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