Meeting takes place to mark the 31st anniversary of the bloody events of June 4, 1989 at Tiananmen Square in Beijing
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with survivors of the Tiananmen Massacre on Tuesday – two days before the 31-year anniversary of the bloody events of June 4, 1989 and one day after the US president, Donald Trump, having promised to use military force to suppress protests across the country against the death of blacks at the hands of the police.
Pompeo met with activists at the Tiananmen protest – Wang Dan, Su Xiaokang, Liane Lee and Henry Li – at a closed meeting at the State Department headquarters in Washington.
A group of journalists supports the pro-Democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, Peking, China May 17, 1989. REUTERS/Carl Ho PICTURE TAKEN MAY 17, 1989 HIGHEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 21: Pro-democracy demonstrators surround a truck filled of People’s Liberation Army (PLO) soldiers 20 May 1989 in Beijing on their way to Tiananmen Square 20 May 1989 after the Martial Law was proclaimed in Beijing 20 May. In a show of force, 04 June, China leaders vented their fury and frustration on student dissidents and their pro-democracy supporters. Several hundred people have been killed and thousands wounded when soldiers moved on Tiananmen Square during a violent military crackdown ending six weeks of student demonstrations. (Photo credit should read CATHERINE HENRIETTE/AFP/Getty Images)
FILE PHOTO: A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks in the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Beijing, China, June 5, 1989. REUTERS/Arthur Tsang/File Photo PLEASE SEARCH “FROM THE FILES – 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTSÓ FOR ALL PICTURES. – RC17D5CAD620
Soldiers and Demonstrators at Tiananmen Square (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
