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China's ongoing political crackdown is country's 'darkest age,' pro-democracy leader says
CBC News
Posted: Jun 5, 2011 1:33 AM ET
Last Updated: Jun 5, 2011 1:33 AM ET
More than 150,000 people took part in candlelight vigils Saturday in Hong Kong to commemorate the bloody 1989 crushing of democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images).
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in vigils in Taiwan and Hong Kong on Saturday to mark the 22nd anniversary of China's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, as authorities in the mainland rounded up dissidents to try to quell any possible demonstrations there.
As usual, the Tiananman anniversary was ignored by China's state controlled media, and there was heavy security around the square in Beijing.
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing, meanwhile, lashed out at the U.S. government over calls for a full accounting of the military assault on civilians on June 4, 1989, saying the issue was closed.
Chinese should stop sweeping suppression campaign and bring in democratic reforms, as per the aspirations of its people!
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