Dear Mrs. Madeleine Korbel Albright,
Thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park
Thursday(June 4, 1998) in memory of pro-democracy demonstrators massacred in 19 89, by the
mainland Chinese army around Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Despite steady rain, people
gathered for the first major vigil on Chinese soil to protest against the Tiananmen
killings.
Exiled dissidents Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan called on Hong Kong people to show the
seeds of democracy in mainland China.
Wang Zhongyi, a farmer from southeastern Fujian province, used the sensitive
anniversary to draw attention to his allegations of abuse of power by officials in a
personal injury case that left him crippled.
Police pounced on him and his brother, who had scattered leaflets about the case near
the monument to the revolutionary Martyrs, and pushed him out the square at a run while he
screamed and wailed.
"I know it's a sensitive day but that's the only way we can attract
attention." the brother said minutes before his arrest. Corruption and abuse of power
were central complaints of protesters who thronged the streets of Beijing nine years ago.
Authorities still maintain the 1989 massacre was necessary to put down a "counter
revolutionary rebellion" aimed at toppling the communist government.
Bereaved families marked the anniversary by mourning victims. Most flocked to
cemeteries to sweep tombs, place flowers, other sacrificial food and burn incense.
It is not a suitable atmosphere for United States; because the anniversary had an added
poignancy this year ahead of a visit to Beijing this month by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
The first by a American President since the blood bath.
India and Pakistan's atomic test, have brought closer bilateral relations between the
United States and mainland China, as they join forces to try to halt the nuclear arms race
between the two south Asian countries.
The root of the problem is that both India and Pakistan believe that nuclear capability
is crucial to safe guarding national security, as they see each other as a security
threat.
Beijing government is so far difference with United States.
Don't forget the history that "insecurity" of Asia is where?
Where is the "original source"?
Tiananmen massacre might give the "answer" for warming U.S.-PRC
relations.