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Article: Revulsion day. (China on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 9, 1990
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MIDNIGHT demonstrations by hundreds of students in Beijing University; a candelit vigil by at least 100,000 people in the centre of Hongkong; a chorus of smaller protests around the world, from Paris and Moscow to Adelaide, Prague, even Ulan Bator; a lone worker sneaking into Tiananmen Square, only to be arrested for calling on China to "rise up". Nobody, Chinese or foreigner, has forgotten the blood that coursed from Beijing's heart a year ago, as the regime suppressed calls for democracy and honest government.
That includes President Bush. In a statement issued on June 4th, he said: "I remain deeply concerned by the lack of respect for internationally ...