Chen Guangcheng: Commemorating Tiananmen and Considering the End of CCP Rule

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On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent tanks and machine guns into the streets of Beijing to massacre students and citizens who had gathered peacefully to call for an end to official corruption and profiteering. They demanded constitutional government, democracy, and freedom. Thirty-six years have passed since that horrific crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement.

And yet, the people living under CCP rule still seem to be caught in a kind of curse—struggling beneath the weight of tyranny, unable to break free from the chains of authoritarianism.

US-China Tariff Wars and Its Impact on China

On April 2, “Liberation Day,” the U.S. imposed different reciprocal tariffs on all countries around the globe. China was hit with a 34% tariff to offset trade deficits and an additional 20% aimed at fentanyl-related imports, totaling a 54% tariff.  More than 100 countries expressed their willingness to negotiate one-on-one with the U.S. on tariffs and trade (Just yesterday, the UK successfully concluded its own tariff agreement with the U.S.), but only one country, China, chose to retaliate against the U.S. with elevated tariffs.  On April 9,  the U.S. postponed global tariffs for 90 days for all countries except for China, whose tariffs were escalated to 145% in re-retaliation.

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