US call for full Tiananmen massacre disclosure angers China [View all]

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Source: BBC

China has accused the US of "prejudice" after it urged 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.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22744242

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Consider how it takes people like Bradley Manning to tell the truth about US military operations overseas only to face prosecution. Why is the US telling other countries to tell the truth about human rights violations?