TAIPEI (Reuters) -President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that Taiwan “refuses to forget history” and the marking of the anniversary of China’s June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square crackdown is to perpetuate its memory. “Authoritarian governments often choose to silence and forget history, while democratic societies choose to preserve the truth and refuse to forget those […]
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‘We refuse to forget history’, Taiwan president says on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that Taiwan “refuses to forget history” and the marking of the anniversary of China’s June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square crackdown is to perpetuate its memory.
“Authoritarian governments often choose to silence and forget history, while democratic societies choose to preserve the truth and refuse to forget those who gave their lives – and their dreams – to the idea of human rights,” he said in a post on his Facebook page.
(Reporting by Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Tom Hogue)