China: 30 Years After Tiananmen, Democracy And Individual Liberty Remain Out Of Reach.
June 4 marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, when China s Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping commanded the People s Liberation Army to march upon and kill its fellow countrymen, who had staged a month-long, peaceful protest in the great square, calling for reforms and greater liberty. Students had erected a 33-foot Goddess of Democracy, which resembled the Statue of Liberty. In the ensuing slaughter on the square, the People s Liberation Army killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of civilians, and tore down the iconic statue of the Goddess. In justifying the deadly crackdown, China s National People s Congress stated that it would never exercise multi-party rule. We do not believe in the separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers.
Well, at least the CCP got the definition of republican government right.