U.S. urges China to come to terms with Tiananmen

Faith

本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/03/tiananmen.square.clinton/index.html

U.S. urges China to come to terms with Tiananmen Square

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

·China "should examine openly the darker events of its past," says Clinton
·Should give public accounting of those killed, detained or missing, she says
·"China, as an emerging great power, still has work to do," says State Dept. official
·Clinton criticized for downplaying human rights on February trip to China

The story

Twenty years after China's bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the United States is urging the government to come to terms with its violent actions.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement saying the 20th anniversary of the "violent suppression of demonstrations in Tiananmen Square by Chinese authorities" should be a time for reflection on the loss of hundreds of innocent lives and the meaning of events that preceded that fateful day.

"A China that has made enormous progress economically, and that is emerging to take its rightful place in global leadership, should examine openly the darker events of its past and provide a public accounting of those killed, detained or missing, both to learn and to heal," she said
......

--