Rubio: Chinese Censorship Cannot Erase Tiananmen History; Victims Will Be Vindicated

(CNA Washington, D.C., June 3, 2025, combined foreign reports) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that Chinese censorship cannot "erase" the deadly crackdown on unarmed protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, and that the victims will ultimately be "vindicated." In a statement, Rubio said: "On June 4, the world marks the 37th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's dispatch of troops to suppress thousands of peaceful protesters in and around Tiananmen Square." He emphasized: "No amount of censorship can erase the past. Those who sacrificed to defend the inalienable rights of freedom of speech and peaceful assembly will ultimately be vindicated."