A woman walks in Victoria Park, which usually hosts a candlelight vigil, but was closed to accommodate a pro-Beijing food carnival on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China, on June 3, 2025. (Credit: Tyrone Siu/Reuters.)
BEIRUT — Beijing on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks that the world will "never forget" the bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in 1989 a "deliberate attack."
These "wrong" remarks maliciously distort historical facts, deliberately attack China's political system and development path, and constitute serious interference in China's internal affairs, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, said at a regular press briefing.
BEIRUT — Beijing on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks that the world will "never forget" the bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in 1989 a "deliberate attack."
These "wrong" remarks maliciously distort historical facts, deliberately attack China's political system and development path, and constitute serious interference in China's internal affairs, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, said at a regular press briefing.