Taiwan urges China to 'repent' for Tiananmen Square crackdown
Key Points
- Taiwan says China "telling lies" to cover up the truth
- Taiwan president says human rights "oppressed" in China
- Taiwan labels Chinese defence of crackdown "incredible"
- Chinese paper says "noise" around incident is "in vain"
- Tuesday marks 30 years since Tiananmen crackdown
Taipei/Beijing | China must "sincerely repent" for the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago, Taiwan said on Monday, as a Chinese newspaper said nobody in China was interested in dragging up the past.
Tuesday marks 30 years since Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led unrest. Chinese authorities ban any public commemoration of the event on the mainland and have never released a full death toll. Estimates from human rights groups and witnesses range from several hundred to several thousand.
Reuters
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