World Pushes China on Human Rights on Tiananmen Anniversary

World leaders are using the 25th anniversary of China's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown to urge Beijing to make progress on human rights. In a firm statement Wednesday, the White House said it "continues to honor the memories" of those killed and "will always speak out in support of the basic freedoms the protesters at Tiananmen Square sought." The statement applauded China's "extraordinary social and economic progress" and said the U.S. values...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - mercredi 4 juin 2014