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China marks Tiananmen anniversary with crackdown, ban on Hong Kong vigil
Fox News ^ | June 4, 2020 | AP

Posted on 06/04/2020 2:02:57 PM PDT by Faith Presses On

BEIJING — China tightened controls over dissidents while pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

That came after authorities in Hong Kong took the extraordinary move of canceling an annual candlelight vigil in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's Victoria Park for the first time in 30 years.

Authorities cited the need for social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak, despite the recent reopening of schools,,,

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bing; microsoft; tankman; tiananmensquare

1 posted on 06/04/2020 2:02:57 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
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To: Faith Presses On

Maybe the mainstream will report on how many people really died in the Tienanmen Square masacre.


2 posted on 06/04/2020 2:04:31 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
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To: Faith Presses On

Actually they’re coming down pretty hard in several ways on Hong Cong and not wasting any time either.


3 posted on 06/04/2020 2:04:50 PM PDT by caww
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Nope they will not, it goes against the party line.


4 posted on 06/04/2020 2:05:17 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( #wwg1wga #Godwins)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

It really is amazing, that almost for a month back in 1989, the entire world was transfixed on what was happening in Tiananmen Square.

Now, it’s as if it never happened.

That tells you how China has influenced our media and our education system.


5 posted on 06/04/2020 2:06:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Faith Presses On

Reminds me I wish these rioters here would do the same in China. How long would that last?


6 posted on 06/04/2020 2:21:21 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: dfwgator

Bush sent Brent Scowcroft to Beijing the next month to secretly tell the ChiComs not to worry about it. U.S. Had their back.


7 posted on 06/04/2020 2:50:00 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Yep, Bush did a lot of damage to this country, it took years to finally realize it.

Now, as far as I’m concerned, that whole family can go to Hell.


8 posted on 06/04/2020 2:53:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Faith Presses On

We should go back to calling it the “Chinese coronavirus” or the “Wuhan coronavirus”—NOT the stilted robot-like name “COVID-19”!!!!

Remember the Tiananmen Square massacre!!!! PHOOEY to communist China!!!!


9 posted on 06/04/2020 3:04:34 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Faith Presses On
They gathered anyhow.


10 posted on 06/04/2020 3:50:29 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

These chi-coms just don’t get it. You won’t find one Thomas Jefferson among them.


11 posted on 06/04/2020 4:05:31 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: ifinnegan

These chi-coms just don’t get it. You won’t find one Thomas Jefferson among them.


12 posted on 06/04/2020 4:07:00 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: ifinnegan

These chi-coms just don’t get it. You won’t find one Thomas Jefferson among them.


13 posted on 06/04/2020 5:21:14 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: ifinnegan

Amen. I did see that later. Thanks for mentioning that out here.


14 posted on 06/04/2020 7:47:11 PM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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