Editorial

14:45 JST, June 5, 2024

To maintain and strengthen a one-party dictatorship, even the few remaining opportunities for mourning are being taken away. There is concern about the growing power of the Chinese Communist Party, which no longer allows any dissent.

June 4 marked the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, in which the administration of the Communist Party suppressed the pro-democracy movement of students and others, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. The Communist Party has declared the incident a “counterrevolutionary rebellion” and justified its suppression by force.

The Chinese government puts the death toll in the incident at 319, but the actual number is believed to be much higher.

It is regrettable that the Communist Party has not at all responded to the demands of the victims’ bereaved families and........

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