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Taiwan President Says Tiananmen Crackdown Will Never be Forgotten
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Publish date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024, 10:53 AM
TAIPEI (June 4): Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday said he will work hard to make historical memory last forever and reach out to everyone who cares about Chinese democracy, on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
The events on and around the central Beijing square on June 4, 1989, when Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led pro-democracy demonstrations, are a taboo topic in China and the anniversary is not marked or publicly discussed.
Public commemorations now take place in overseas cities including Taipei where senior Taiwan government leaders sometimes use the anniversary to criticise China and urge it to face up to what it did.
Lai said in a post on Facebook that it is important to respond to authoritarianism with freedom and that the memory of June 4th will not disappear.
"This reminds us that democracy and freedom do not come easily and that we must build consensus with democracy and responds to authoritarianism with freedom," Lai wrote.
"The memory of June 4th will not disappear in the torrent of history. We will continue to work hard to make this historical memory last forever and move everyone who cares about Chinese democracy."
China detests Lai and calls him a "separatist".
Last month China carried out war games around Taiwan in what it said was "punishment" for Lai's separatism.
Lai and his government reject Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only Taiwan's people can decide their future. Lai has repeatedly offered talks with China but been rebuffed.
Source: TheEdge - 5 Jun 2024
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What has India democracy done to uplift his people living standard?
Is Modi an inspiring leader for all or a manipulating racist dictator?
4 weeks ago
put aside your chinese identity
how well you know abt CCP?
the prosperity of China histories has nothing to do with CCP
on the contrary
the amount of China chinese being killed or died especially high educated during cultural revolution
far more than people being killed during WW2 Nanjing massacre
will u accuse CCP?
Please look at history in holistically way and avoid influenced by chinese identity
4 weeks ago
Integrity. Intelligent. Industrious. 3iii (iiinvestsmart)$€£¥
Learn from history.
The mainland Chinese are now so much better than their parents and grandparents. We applaud and rejoice their successes. Lifting such a big population out of poverty is a great achievement.
Tiananmen incident is repeatedly used by the detractors to run down mainland China. The majority of the mainland Chinese rightly support their government of the day.
4 weeks ago
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politic and histories is far more complicated than what we can think of.
happy trading
4 weeks ago
What you see today in China is due to one man Deng Xiaoping's reforms affect.
Can we see a truely reform affect in Malaysia?
4 weeks ago
some thing that happened in 1989....every article on China still mentions 1989 by some people.
4 weeks ago
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