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Eliot Engel: “Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Chinese government's violent crackdown against peaceful pro-democracy…”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Chinese government's violent crackdown against peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel reflects on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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