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.
Shi said that for some of the CCP officials the calls to redress June 4 are intertwined with redressing the persecution of Falun Gong. Shi said he believes that Wen Jiabao and his supporters have been testing the waters to determine the right time to redress Falun Gong.
A Chinese-language news website from outside China published an article on June 2 that said, “When Xi Jinping takes office, he will have a better foundation, in terms of public opinion and international environment, to take the initiative to redress the June 4 massacre.”
The article also praised Xi Jinping by saying that he “will have enough political courage to face the June 4 issue.”
When Chongqing’s former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands—the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution—is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Other officials are refusing any longer to participate in the persecution. Events present a clear choice to the officials and citizens of China, as well as people around the world: either support or oppose the persecution of Falun Gong. History will record the choice each person makes.
Read the original Chinese article.
Click www.ept.ms/ccp-crisis to read about the most recent developments in the ongoing crisis within the Chinese communist regime. In this special topic, we provide readers with the necessary context to understand the situation. Get the RSS feed. Get the new interactive Timeline of Events. Who are the Major Players? 
The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.
Friends Read Free