China and US in spat over Tiananmen    • 5 June 2014   • From
the section China  China has made a formal complaint to the US
after the White House urged it to account for the protesters who
were killed during the Tiananmen massacre.  Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hong Lei said he was "deeply dissatisfied" and had
lodged "solemn representations".  Tens of thousands of people
gathered in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the
massacre, but all mention of the event was forbidden in mainland
China.  Hundreds died when the army suppressed a huge pro-
democracy protest in 1989.  The crackdown was ordered after
hardliners won a power struggle within the ruling Communist
Party.  There has never been another protest of its magnitude in
mainland China.  The authorities in Beijing were keen to make
sure no-one tried to commemorate the events, and detained dozens
of people in the run-up to the anniversary.  Tiananmen protests
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