Paramilitary policemen take position near Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 4 June. Photo: ReutersBeijing: The United States urges China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. The Chinese government sent tanks to quell the 4 June 1989 protests, and has never released a death toll. The Tiananmen crackdown is a taboo subject in China and 29 years later it remains a point of contention between China and many Western countries. On Tiananmen Square, security was tight as is usual for the anniversary, with no signs of any protests or other memorial events.

Source: Mint June 04, 2018 05:15 UTC