Chapter 16
Bush and the Butchers Divide the Pie

Declassified documents show that the elder Bush administration continuously expressed great goodwill and demonstrated patience toward China within six months after the Tiananmen Square massacre. Despite facing a general international sanctions regime, the substantial assistance from elder Bush allowed the butcher regime of the Chinese Communist Party to turn the tide.

Why were the reactionaries in China and the U.S. so closely colluding? Because Deng Xiaoping’s reforms were originally modeled after Roosevelt’s New Deal “two-handed policy.”

I. The butchers of Beijing went on a killing spree

On the evening of June 3, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party authorities issued an emergency notice, announcing that the martial law troops would forcibly clear the area, and emphasized that “if blocked, the martial law troops can take various self-defense measures and all means to eliminate them.” From 10:00 p.m. on June 3 to the early morning of June 4, the army, armed with live ammunition, armed with tanks and armored vehicles, continuously shot unarmed students and citizens in more than 190 areas of Beijing.

That year, the Chinese Communist Party mobilized a total of 19 troops, nearly 250,000 soldiers, to enter Beijing to implement “martial law”. These included 14 army groups such as the 38th Army, the 15th Airborne Army, and the tank division of the Tianjin Garrison.

At 6:25 a.m. on June 4, 1989, the official news from Beijing International Radio Station read: “Please remember that on June 3, 1989, the most horrific tragedy occurred in China’s capital, Beijing. Thousands of people, most of them innocent citizens, were killed by heavily armed soldiers who forced their way into the city. Among the victims were also staff members of our International Radio Station. Soldiers drove tanks and fired machine guns at the countless citizens and students who tried to block the tanks. Even after the tanks opened the way, the soldiers continued to march uncontrollably. Indiscriminately shooting at people in the street. Witnesses said that some armored vehicles even ran over infantrymen who hesitated in the face of the resistance. At the end of the press release, the reporter wrote: “The English Department of China Radio International deeply mourns the deaths in this tragedy and calls on all our listeners to join us in condemning this shameless violation of human rights and the most brutal suppression of the people.”

This 80-second news is believed to be the only official news that disclosed the “June 4th” incident and denounced the actions of the Chinese Communist Party authorities. Later, the author of this news, Wu Xiaoyong, was sentenced to four years in prison.

On May 13, 2014, Wu Xiaoyong said in an interview with Hong Kong Commercial Radio that he did not regret his actions that year.

This was the first time in 25 years that Wu Xiaoyong was interviewed about his feelings about the June 4th incident. Wu Xiaoyong, who was the deputy director of the English department of China Radio International, an official Chinese media, wrote a 16-line news release in two minutes about what he saw and thought on the morning of June 4th. The news was broadcast on the radio station, reporting on the PLA’s suppression and condemning the wolves of the CCP’s bandit regime, but he also lost his personal freedom.

Wu Xiaoyong said in an interview that the cost of telling lies in foreign countries is high, while in China, the cost of telling the truth is high. Wu Xiaoyong, who has moved to the United States for nearly 20 years, is still working in the media. He said that at the time he did not approve of the students’ activities, but he did not accept the PLA’s harming the people, and his colleagues died, so he decided to tell the truth. He believes that in the Internet age, it is very unwise for the authorities to continue to control speech.

According to some overseas websites, the news release written by Wu Xiaoyong on the radio station on June 4 was broadcast on the English channel of China Radio International at 6:25 am on June 4. It was allegedly read out by English announcer Chen Yuanneng. The gist of the news is as follows: “This is China Radio International. Please remember that on June 3, 1989, the most horrific tragedy occurred in Beijing, the capital of China.”

“Thousands of people, most of them innocent citizens, were killed by fully armed soldiers who forced their way into the city. The victims also included staff members of our International Radio Station.”

“Soldiers drove tanks and fired machine guns at countless citizens and students who tried to block the tanks. Even after the tanks opened the way, the soldiers continued to shoot indiscriminately at the crowds on the street. shooting. Witnesses said some armored vehicles even ran over infantrymen who hesitated to move forward in the face of the resisting masses. ”

“The English Department of China Radio International deeply mourns the lives lost in this tragedy and appeals to all our listeners: Join us in condemning this shameless violation of human rights and the most brutal suppression of the people.”

In view of the current unusual situation in Beijing, we have no other news to tell you. We ask for your understanding and thank you for listening to our broadcast at this most painful moment.

How many people died in the “June 4th” massacre? The Beijing Red Cross statistics at the time were about 2,600 deaths and 30,000 injured. Later, declassified materials from Britain and the United States believed that more than 10,000 people were killed.

Dan Shao Southerland, who was the Washington Post’s Beijing bureau chief at the time, said in an interview with VOA in 2014 that after the June 4th Incident, he went to Tiananmen Square and saw bodies piled up in a hospital.

Shao Delian said: “I went to a hospital and asked the doctor to let me in. I knew there were bodies piled up here. At this time, the authorities had already begun to suppress and issued an order not to let foreigners in, but this brave doctor said, ‘I’ll let him in.’ After I went in and looked at the pile of dead bodies, I realized that they were too old to be students. They were all ordinary citizens of Beijing. So we must remember that among the deaths in the June 4th Incident, the majority were Beijing citizens and workers, not students.”