US Secretary of State Meets with Wang Dan|六四週年 美國務卿接見王丹並公布合影

June 4 is the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with protest participants and student movement leader Wang Dan and posted a photo of them on the U.S. Department of State's Facebook. Meanwhile, President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President William Lai also took to Facebook to share their thoughts.


This photo posted on the United States' Department of State's Facebook shows Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flanked by participants of the Tiananmen Square protests, including Wang Dan. The accompanying text said the secretary was honored to meet four of the brave participants.

During the meeting, Wang gave Pompeo three suggestions for dealing with China. He said this was the first public meeting with a U.S. secretary of state in 30 years, and thanked Pompeo for his support. This year is the 31st anniversary of the protests, and President Tsai Ing-wen also used Facebook to share her thoughts. She posted a photo of a calendar showing the date June 4, and wrote that China only recognizes 364 days of the year and forgets one. She added that days that can't appear on calendars have also occurred in Taiwan, but they are being retrieved one by one because Taiwan no longer needs to hide its history and can jointly ponder the future. Tsai also expressed her best wishes for Hong Kong and said she hopes there will no longer be concealed days anywhere on Earth. Vice President William Lai also posted on Facebook, directing a message to China. He said the Chinese Communist Party needs to carry out introspection, redress June 4, and adjust to the democracy trend.

Meanwhile, the Mainland Affairs Council demanded that Beijing reexamine the historical facts of the Tiananmen Square protests and apologize sincerely.

We urge the authorities in Beijing to squarely address the hopes and expectations of the people towards freedom and democracy and launch reforms that conform to democratic justice procedures soon. They also need to reexamine the historical facts of the Tiananmen Square protests and issue a sincere apology to genuinely resolve conflicts and contradictions and let a free, fair, and open society become a force for progress.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded during a routine press conference.

The Chinese government has already come to a clear conclusion regarding that political disturbance that occurred at the end of the 1980s. The new China has been in existence for 70-some years, and its achievements fully demonstrate that the development path chosen by China is the correct one and conforms to China's characteristics and circumstances.

The ministry did not post its spokesperson's responses to questions touching on Taiwan and the Tiananmen Square protests on its website, which was consistent with its censorship of the incident.



美國國務院發布的照片中，國務卿龐佩奧和六四倖存者，王丹等人合照；國務院指出，龐佩奧很榮幸能會見四位勇者，王丹也當面對龐佩奧，提出對付中國的三條建議，並說這是30年來，和美國國務卿首次公開正式會面，同時感謝龐佩奧的支持。

今年是六四天安門事件31週年，蔡英文也在臉書PO出「6月4日星期四」的日曆照片，表示在中國每一年只有364個日子，「有一天被遺忘掉了」。她也指出，過去在台灣，也曾有不能出現在日曆上的日子，但現在已經一一找回，因為台灣已經不必再隱匿歷史，可以共同思索未來。她也祝福香港，希望這世界上每一個角落、每一片土地，都不要再有消失的日子。賴清德也發文，向對岸喊話，希望中共自省、平反六四，並順應民主潮流。陸委會也要求北京當局重新審視「六四事件」歷史真相，與真誠道歉。

陸委會副主委 邱垂正表示：「我們呼籲北京當局，應正視人民對自由民主的期盼，早日啟動合乎民主正義程序的改革，並重新審視六四事件歷史真相，與真誠道歉，才能真正化解衝突、矛盾，讓自由開放的公平社會，成為前進發展的力量。」

對此，中國外交部在例行記者會上，再度搬出一派胡言來回應。

中國外交部發言人 趙立堅表示：「80年代末發生的那場政治風波，中國政府早有明確的結論，新中國成立70多年來，取得的偉大成就，充分說明，中國所選擇的發展道路，完全正確，符合中國國情。」

不過中國外交部網站上，並沒有記錄他回答台灣涉及六四問題的回應，也顯示出中國封鎖六四事件的企圖。