From WSJopinion: The nature of China’s Communist regime hasn’t changed since the Tiananmen Square massacre, writes CRosett
Several pro-democracy lawmakers and activists were arrested by Hong Kong police ahead of a banned rally scheduled for August 31, 2019. Image: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg‘Tell the truth about China!” has become a rallying cry for protesters in Hong Kong. It is exactly what demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square were saying 30 years ago, before many of today’s protesters were born.
I was in Beijing in 1989. I witnessed the Tiananmen uprising and during the long night of June 3-4 saw...
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