US, Taiwan push China on rights on Tiananmen anniversary
The United States and Taiwan pressed Beijing to release dissidents and fully address the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square 22 years ago, as China tightens the noose on rights activists.
The 1989 protests that clogged Beijing's Tiananmen Square and spread to other cities remain a taboo topic for the ruling Communist Party, all the more so this year following online calls for an Arab-style "jasmine revolution" in China. The US State Department said that China must release all those still jailed for their participation in the 1989 protests. (Reuters)
