Beijing, June 4, 2026 (AFP) - Beijing says US Tiananmen comments 'smear' China

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2026-06-04

China accused the United States on Thursday of distorting facts and smearing its political system, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said censorship could not "erase" the memory of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. On June 4 that year, the Chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush protests calling for political reform in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The death toll remains unknown, and discussion of what happened is censored......

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