Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989. Under then-leader Deng Xiaoping, the military was sent in to end the ...

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Beijing hit back Wednesday at US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for saying the world will "never forget" the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, describing his remarks as an "attack" on China.

A plain clothes security person stands on duty near security cameras overlooking Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing ...

A plain clothes security person stands on duty near security cameras overlooking Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing ...

Security personnel stand on duty near the Tiananmen Gate which is under renovation on the anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989. Under then-leader Deng Xiaoping, the military was sent in to end the ...