Ahead of 30th anniv., Chinese defense minister asserts that the Tiananmen crackdown, in which Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led unrest, was justified.
China has never provided a final death toll.Wei's comments echoed those of Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian, who last week decried the use of the word"suppression" to describe the military's response to the 1989 protests.
China at the time blamed the protests on counter-revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the ruling Communist Party.This file photo taken on May 21, 1989 shows students sleeping on the ground at Tiananmen Square in Beijing as student sit-ins entered their ninth day during the Beijing Spring movement.Wei also said Sunday that a war with the United States would be a disaster for the world while issuing a warning to Washington not to meddle in security disputes over Taiwan and the South China Sea.
"China will not attack unless we are attacked," Wei said, cautioning that there would be dire consequences to any clash between China and the United States.
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