China has lodged a diplomatic protest over U.S. remarks on the 25th
anniversary of the brutal Tiananmen Square crackdown, issuing a sterner
rejection of Washington’s call for it to account for those killed in
pro-democracy protests.
Tens of thousands of people held a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the crackdown, while mainland China authorities sought to whitewash the 1989 event.
The White House had honoured those who gave their lives in the action to crush the protests and said in a statement it would always speak out in support of the fundamental rights that the protesters sought.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China was “strongly dissatisfied” and “firmly opposed” to the U.S. statement, the official Xinhua news agency said in an English-language report late on Wednesday, adding that it had “lodged solemn representations” with Washington.
“The U.S. statement on that incident shows a total disregard of fact,” Hong said. “It blames the Chinese government for no reason, gravely interferes in China’s internal affairs and violates the basic norms guiding international relations.”
Read more: China lodges protest with U.S. over Tiananmen remarks - The Globe and Mail
Tens of thousands of people held a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the crackdown, while mainland China authorities sought to whitewash the 1989 event.
The White House had honoured those who gave their lives in the action to crush the protests and said in a statement it would always speak out in support of the fundamental rights that the protesters sought.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China was “strongly dissatisfied” and “firmly opposed” to the U.S. statement, the official Xinhua news agency said in an English-language report late on Wednesday, adding that it had “lodged solemn representations” with Washington.
“The U.S. statement on that incident shows a total disregard of fact,” Hong said. “It blames the Chinese government for no reason, gravely interferes in China’s internal affairs and violates the basic norms guiding international relations.”
Read more: China lodges protest with U.S. over Tiananmen remarks - The Globe and Mail
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