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           China Tiananmen Crackdown Anniversary Remembered in Taiwan

   by Associated Press

   Commemorations are being held in Taiwan ahead of the 27th anniversary
   of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests centered on
   Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

   Former student leader Wu'er Kaixi was joined by lawmakers at the
   island's legislature on Friday to mark the June 4, 1989, military
   assault that left hundreds, possibly thousands, dead.

   Taiwan's democratic politics and open society have long served as a
   counterpoint to China's authoritarian one-party system that permits no
   discussion of the crackdown or memorials for the victims.

   Wu'er said the Chinese government prevents him from returning to China
   and bars his elderly parents from traveling to meet him outside the
   country.

   Inside China, security has been tightened and at least half a dozen
   people have reportedly been detained for attempting to memorialize
   victims of the crackdown.
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