Tienanmen Square Massacre Is Still A Sensitive Subject In China

US Call For Full Tiananmen Massacre Disclosure Angers China -- BBC

China has accused the US of "prejudice" for urging Beijing to provide a full account of the crackdown on pro-democracy activists after the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.

Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the US should "stop interfering in China's internal affairs".

The Chinese authorities had already reached a "clear conclusion" about the Tiananmen Square protests, he added.

Discussion of the crackdown, thought to have left hundreds dead, remains taboo.

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More News On Chinese Anger Over U.S. Comments On The Tienanmen Square Massacre

Tiananmen provokes fresh China-US spat -- Al Jazeera
China Accuses US of Prejudice Over Tiananmen -- AP
China accuses U.S. of 'prejudice' over 1989 protest comments -- Reuters
China rebuffs U.S. call for complete Tiananmen Square protests information -- Business Standard
FM spokesman responds to US statement on 1989 political turmoil -- China Daily
On Eve of Tiananmen Anniversary, a Major Censorship Shift -- Wall Street Journal
Mothers of Tiananmen victims condemns Chinese leader Xi Jinping for failure to bring reforms -- The Independent

My Comment: I was in China when the Tiananmen Square massacre occurred (I was in Quanzhou city, Fujian). Everyone knew what was happening from international news broadcasts .... (and in my case Taiwan is just across from Fujian) .... and everyone was universally ill when images of the crackdown became known ... including those who were my hosts and senior officials in the government. 24 years later the shock may have disappeared .... but one thing that I have learned on my many returned trips to China is that everyone in China does know what happened in Tiananmen square .... and they still do talk about it openly amongst themselves. As for myself .... the day that a Chinese leader with the backing of the Central Committee makes a public apology for what happened in Tianamen Square will be a confirmation to me that China's government is finally evolving politically and "morally". When will that speech happen is something that I do not know .... but I believe that one of the reasons why the the current Chinese President was appointed was in fact to lay the groundwork for making such a speech. My prediction .... and hope .... is that such a speech will be made on the 30th or 40th anniversary of the massacre .... and the leader who makes it will be received extremely well by the Chinese people .... cementing his legacy and his place in China's history.