On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in which pro-democracy demonstrations were quashed with military violence, China lambasted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s criticism of the government crackdown. “Under the pretext of human rights, the statement grossly intervenes in China’s internal affairs, attacks its system, and smears its domestic and foreign policies,” a Chinese Embassy spokesperson said Tuesday in response to Pompeo’s remarks. “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it,” Trump said then. “Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak ... as being spit on by the rest of the world.”

Source: Huffington Post June 04, 2019 18:21 UTC