Momentum is building within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to correct the injustices done to those who participated in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests—or, in Party jargon, to redress the June 4 incident. While the move to redress appears widespread, a key issue separates competing proposals from Party officials—whether those responsible for the Tiananmen Square massacre should be held accountable for their actions.
Multiple proposals for redressing the Tiananmen Square event have recently been put forward, with initiatives coming from Premier Wen Jiabao, the presumptive next head of the CCP—Xi Jinping, and officials with the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC).
According to the Financial Times, Wen has proposed redressing the 1989 student protests on three separate occasions in secret top-level Party meetings.
The June issue of Hong Kong’s Frontline Magazine identified the “three separate occasions” to be at the year-ends of 2010 and 2011, and in March 2012.
