Senate Votes for Plot to Honor China Protest
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to name a grassy plot near the Chinese Embassy in Washington “Tian An Men Square Park” in honor of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing.
In addition to memorializing demonstrators who were killed by the Chinese army, said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyo.), the action serves “to remind Beijing that America will never and can never forget the ruthlessness and callousness of the Chinese government in crushing their citizen-demonstrators and their aspirations.”
The proposal expresses the sense of Congress that a statue should be constructed to honor the fallen students.
The amendment was added by voice vote to a bill authorizing State Department programs for the new budget year.
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