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"We mark today the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. We commemorate this day each year because of its enduring impact on U.S.-China relations and because there has been no justice for those who lost their lives seeking freedom and reform. We commemorate the tragedy of Tiananmen each year because it is an event too important to forget and too dangerous to commemorate in China and in Hong Kong. Despite the Chinese Communist Party's attempts to erase this date from history, we honor the courage and tenacity of those who bravely stood up in Tiananmen Square to demand their rights, and we solemnly stand with those still grieving lost loved ones.

December 20, 2024

(WASHINGTON, DC)—U.S. Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chair and Cochair of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), issued today the Commission’s 2024 Annual Report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), as mandated by Title III of Public Law 106-286.     

(Washington)—Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the Chair and Cochair, respectively, of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), held a hearing to explore efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to curtail historical inquiry into subjects deemed “sensitive,” such as the Tiananmen Massacre; control narratives regarding the history of the CCP; and erase the culture of repressed peoples, including Tibetans, Southern Mongolians, and Uyghurs.