China’s mainstream English-language government propaganda media completely ignored the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre this weekend, returning to what it usually did in 2019, when Beijing began celebrating the massacre after the pro-democracy rise in Hong Kong.
Anti-communist protests, which reached millions in Hong Kong in 2019, waned after two years of violent repression and the passage of an illegal “national security” law that carries a minimum sentence of ten years. foreign intervention. ”,“ incitement to secession ”,“ undermining state power ”or“ terrorism ”.
According to the current “One Country, Two Systems” policy, laws such as the “national security” regulation passed by the Beijing National People’s Congress (NPC) should not be enforced in Hong Kong, but are still enforced by the city police. a massive exodus of democratic activists.
Hong Kong police again banned a candle-lit rally this week to commemorate the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre for the third time since its announcement in 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Until 2020, Victoria Park in Hong Kong will host the biggest commemoration event. It has been held continuously since 1990 for the victims of Tiananmen Square around the world.
The Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989 was a brutal repression by the Communist Party of peaceful protesters, mostly students, in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Inspired by the slow collapse of the Soviet Union and the protests on the other side of the Iron Curtain, protesters took to the streets to demand democratic reforms in China. Protests often consisted of marches and the removal of symbols such as the “Goddess of Democracy” statue, which was destroyed by the Chinese police.
The Hong Kong pro-democracy group known for organizing the annual protest in Tiananmen Square disbanded on Saturday, citing political pressure from pro-Chinese forces on the Hong Kong government, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Monday. https://t.co/Uef9mzNxJL
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There are no specific numbers of victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre, but experts believe that after the first police attack, thousands were killed both on the streets (the army knocked down protesters with tanks) and in hospitals.
everyday manThe official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party did not specify the date as June 4 this year, but announced it on its English website. not both Global TimesChina’s leading English-language newspaper, China every day or the state news agency Xinhua.
The Chinese government did not respond to the Tiananmen Square massacre until 2019, the 30th anniversary of the incident, and is conducting a rigorous search on the Internet to ensure that its citizens do not see the bloody footage of that day. However, in 2019, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe spoke about the massacre in a speech in Singapore.
“This incident is a political instability and the central government has taken action to prevent unrest, which is the right policy,” he said. “30 years has proven that China has undergone major changes, China is enjoying stability and development.”
Wei urged those disgusted by the massacre of peaceful demonstrators to “visit China” to “understand better” the incident.
Global Times that same year, he published an article in which he called the massacre a “political victory”.
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter unveiled a pair of sneakers inspired by the Tiananmen Square massacre. https://t.co/ExiotsAKyW
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“Although it was criticized by some in terms of news management, we see this practice as a political victory. After China was hit, this event did not become a permanent nightmare for the country. Sometimes He claimed. “The anniversary of the event was never the center of a hurricane. It has become a pallid historical event, not a real encounter.”
Global Times He acknowledged that the Chinese Communist Party “could have failed” in 1989 had it not been for the massacres of protesters.
After the raid on the Hong Kong monument in 2021, Chinese propagandists intensified the celebrations of the massacre. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief Global TimesHe compared the pro-democracy protests of 1989 to the unrest at the Capitol in January 2021, warning Americans that “the United States did not spread the unrest in the Capitol long ago. If you want to denounce “state violence,” first condemn the Capitol’s repression.”
On the pages of a magazine SometimesThe authors of the state propaganda publication noted that during the massacre, “the party used all resources to maintain the stability of the country, to ensure the stability of the country’s basic political system and to create ideal conditions for reform and development.”
Another article described the massacres as a “political vaccine” – comparing it to China’s first-ever worldwide coronavirus vaccine trials against China becoming an independent society.
“Tiananmen Square represents the confidence and pride of the Chinese in the country’s politics and is a symbol of China’s unity as well as the country’s independence and growing prosperity,” the message said. He claimed. “We laugh at those who attend ‘commemorations’ and political demonstrations organized by foreign powers.”
Reports through Saturday indicated that Chinese authorities would have to force pro-democracy opponents under house arrest or otherwise disappear to prevent memorials of the Tiananmen Square massacre from being erected within the country’s borders, in addition to police crackdowns in Hong Kong. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), “dozens” of prominent activists have been banned from leaving their homes. At least one human rights lawyer had to take a “holiday” to make sure he wasn’t in Beijing for his anniversary.
A member of the Tiananmen Mothers group, who annually visits the cemetery and honors those killed in the massacre, told RFA that she is prohibited from speaking to the media, but that the regime will allow mothers to visit their children in silence. Cemetery on Saturday.
In Hong Kong, where police began banning the Tiananmen Square commemoration, attended by thousands each year, in Victoria Park in 2020, police warned locals not to “test the limits” of police action by mourning the deceased Tiananmen in any way publicly. Before the anniversary, Hong Kong Show CEO Carrie Lam openly said that her observation could violate China’s “national security” law. In 2020, thousands of Hong Kong residents were “illegal” to participate in a strike in Victoria Park, but there was no such strike this year as dissidents fled the city to Taiwan and other free societies.
Police reportedly threatened residents that this date might somehow be celebrated.
“People were stopped and detained for carrying flowers, dressed in black, and in one case for carrying a toy tank,” Agence France-Presse (AFP) said. “Five men and one woman aged between 19 and 80 were arrested during the day,” Hong Kong police said.
Taiwan hosted the world’s largest monument in Tiananmen Square this weekend, which was attended by many of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opponents. On Saturday, a replica of the Pillar of Shame, a tower in Hong Kong to commemorate the dead lost from their long standing position in the city by Chinese police, was unveiled in Taipei.
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