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Record attendance: More than 180,000 at vigil marking 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Sq. crackdown
South China Morning Post ^ | 06/04/2019

Posted on 06/04/2019 8:29:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Hongkongers gathered in record numbers, organisers said on Tuesday night, to mourn those who lost their lives in a bloody crackdown on democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said well over 180,000 had attended the annual candlelight vigil, contrasting with last year’s 115,000. Police put the figure at 37,000 on Tuesday night and 17,000 in 2018.

Public opposition to the government’s controversial extradition bill was expected to boost the turnout on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy which left hundreds, possibly more than 1,000, dead.

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anniversary; asia; chicoms; china; hongkong; redchina; tienanmen; trumpasia
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To: gaijin

The business contacts I had in China at the time assured me he was fine - on the phone.


21 posted on 06/04/2019 8:53:25 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: SeekAndFind


22 posted on 06/04/2019 8:53:32 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: DoughtyOne; SeekAndFind
I wish President Trump or someone from his administration would post a tribute to this. This is the real way to defeat the Chinese government. Not with economics, but with the truth. With history.
23 posted on 06/04/2019 8:54:39 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: gaijin

Currently, Chinese young women have Daisey Maes. The effort was a rounding success.


24 posted on 06/04/2019 9:00:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I have no problem with the truth, but let’s recall that we essentially backed the government by extending massive trade, over fifty years of technology, and hardly raisins whimper.

Just how much credibility would we have on the subject now?

We made China the growing threat that it is. Now we’re suddenly going to see the light, and people would listen?

Trump’s economic sanctions are squeezing China hard.

This is causing China to have to confront costly programs like the military build up

Trump is actually reducing the chance of a full blown military confrontation by his actions.


25 posted on 06/04/2019 9:02:28 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Can I get a shout out for the person(s) who donated $2,000.00 from France? Thanks so much! Wow!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Trump.


26 posted on 06/04/2019 9:03:51 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: dfwgator

The story went down the rabbit hole the media created for it on purpose, because that story began to go against the myth the media was assigned to promote, the myth that western “opening” with the dictatorship in China, and “Liberalization of trade with China” would lead to political Liberalization in China.

That political Liberalization never happened and under the Communists is never going to happen, but the Tiananmen Square story will remain consigned to the media rabbit hole.


27 posted on 06/04/2019 9:09:32 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: SeekAndFind

Excellent link. Thanks for posting it.
I’m sharing on my FB community page.


28 posted on 06/04/2019 9:10:39 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: dfwgator

Sadly, the Deocrat Party admires and envies Red China, and the so-called “news” media is dominted by the Democrat Party.


29 posted on 06/04/2019 9:16:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: dfwgator

I think 911 has gotten similar treatment but for different reasons. But you’re right.


30 posted on 06/04/2019 9:21:04 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: SeekAndFind

There were 3000 victims at 9/11, and they too have been forgotten. we have had a muzzie in the W.H. since then and we now have muzzies in Congress.

Pot/Kettle/Black


31 posted on 06/04/2019 9:35:07 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“:^)


32 posted on 06/04/2019 9:37:25 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Can I get a shout out for the person(s) who donated $2,000.00 from France? Thanks so much! Wow!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve heard some British experts claim the death toll was over 10,000.


33 posted on 06/04/2019 9:37:32 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump IS The Resistance!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Yes, See here:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tiananmen-square-massacre-death-toll-secret-cable-british-ambassador-1989-alan-donald-a8126461.html


34 posted on 06/04/2019 10:00:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: reed13k

7th image down.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3754393/posts?page=4#4


35 posted on 06/04/2019 10:11:10 AM PDT by null and void (The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
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To: BenLurkin
Sadly, the Deocrat Party admires and envies Red China

Plenty of Repukes do as well.

36 posted on 06/04/2019 10:11:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Public opposition to the government’s controversial extradition bill was expected to boost the turnout on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy which left hundreds, possibly more than 1,000, dead.”

I heard a report on this on the John Batchelor Show. It seems that the Chicoms have enough control of Hong Kong’s government that they will pass this law, which will then allow the Chicoms to arrest dissenters, drag them into China proper, and then try them under their courts instead of the HK courts. The HKers are naturally afraid of this, given the repressions the Chicoms have instituted since they got HK back from the British.


37 posted on 06/04/2019 10:26:01 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: dfwgator
I’ve never seen such a huge story go down the memory hole, as this. For a month, what was going on in Beijing gripped the world, now it barely gets a mention

Well, you know, the Bush Family had to keep the world safe for cheap labor and all.
38 posted on 06/04/2019 10:45:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I always thought HW’s response was very weak at the time, he was probably very happy that his ChiCom pals prevailed.


39 posted on 06/04/2019 10:47:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t know if it took place on Kowloon or the Island itself...but either way that would have covered a huge portion of the city’s land area.


40 posted on 06/04/2019 11:20:10 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney:Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah!)
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