Chinese embassy in US expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction’ after Washington urges Beijing to free political prisoners.
China has voiced its “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” towards comments by the United States on the 30th anniversary of the Chinese government’s violent response to student-led protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
In a statement on Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Beijing to mark the June 4 anniversary by providing a full account of the bloody crackdown and releasing all prisoners jailed for fighting human rights abuses.
His comments elicited a strong response on Tuesday by the Chinese embassy in the US, which said in a statement that Pompeo’s remarks were made “out of prejudice and arrogance” and grossly interfered with China’s internal affairs.
It added that the Chinese government and people reached a verdict long ago on what it called “the political incident of the late 1980s”, and that China’s “rapid” economic development and “continuous progress in democracy and the rule of law” showed it was following the right path.
