REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF TIANANMEN MASSACRE

So I'm here in Chinatown in San Francisco. A group of pro-democracy activists have gathered to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Now they have signs posted with some information about the event and they're also going to be cleaning the Goddess of Democracy statue to commemorate the victims from the massacre. On June 4th, 1989, an estimated thousands of pro-democracy protesters were killed by the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Now we came here to clean the statue of decency. We want to memorize who died for us and we want to carry on to continue to fight for the freedom and the decency of China. It's the 15th year this event has been held in San Francisco and is the first of three planned for the area. I speak for the freedom and democracy. I think this history shouldn't be forgot and recovered. One participant wants more people to know what the CCP did to the protesting students in 1989 and things the CCP is still doing today. The Communist Party, the government in China, took over all property with no reason. They just took over all assets. So we don't have any place to complain about this. We can only escape from China to be here. The CCP maintains strict censorship in China of any mention or even allusion to the event or the date, June 4th. George Orwell, he writes in the book about 1984 and animal fear. It's actually a real world in China. The goddess of democracy statue in San Francisco's Chinatown is a replica of the one pro-democracy students erected during the protest in 1989. Since then, it's been a symbol of standing up to the CCP and totalitarianism around the world. Everyone should have the right to pursue the freedom and the democracy. More events and vigils will be held around the world on and leading up to the official day of observation, which is June 4th. Jason Blair, Entity News.