Lawmaker proposes renaming street outside Chinese Embassy for Tiananmen Square victims
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EXCLUSIVE — Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill to rename the street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., to “1 Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard” in honor of the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
June 4 marked 34 years since the Chinese government went to shut down protesters calling for greater freedom of speech, less censorship, and more political freedom and ended up killing an estimated 10,000 civilians. The protests lasted from April 15 to June 4, 1989, when the massacre began.
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“China is being run by the immoral, genocidal Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Earlier this month marked 34 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre, where the Chinese government weaponized the nation’s military against its own people, mowing them down in the streets and murdering up to 10,000 people,” Ogles said in a statement. “These grotesque actions have been remembered throughout history and as the CCP regime continues its reign of terror, it is important for America to unequivocally condemn the CCP’s human rights abuses.”
Because of the massacre and China’s ongoing cultural genocide of Uyguhr Muslims, Tibetans, and Southern Mongolians, Ogles introduced the bill to rename the street in front of the Chinese Embassy.
“In commemoration of the victims lost on that tragic day, I introduced legislation to rename the street outside the Embassy of China in Washington, DC to ‘1 Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard,” he said.
The street is currently named “3505 International Place NW.”
The bill has 16 co-sponsors, including Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK), and Rep. Chris Smith, the chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
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“Whether it is the ongoing current genocide of the Uyghur or the massacre at Tiananmen Square, China has a long record of human rights abuses,” Bice said in a statement. “Renaming the embassy’s location serves as a way to remember this tragic event.”
Since taking over the House, Republicans have been scrutinizing the Chinese Communist Party heavily, from their military and intelligence gathering to the origins of COVID-19. At the beginning of this Congress, leadership also created the bi-partisan Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party to “build consensus on the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and develop a plan of action to defend the American people, our economy, and our values.”