00:00President Lai Qingda is calling on China to face its history on the 37th anniversary of its bloody crackdown on
00:07democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.
00:10In a Facebook post, Lai called for reconciliation and dialogue saying that Taiwan would stand by those who pursue freedom
00:17and democracy.
00:18In the U.S., a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that no amount of censorship can erase
00:24the legacy of those who died while exercising their rights.
00:28Rights groups say hundreds if not thousands of people died when Chinese troops opened fire on demonstrators in Beijing in
00:351989.
00:36The event is heavily censored in China and the country has never provided an official death toll.
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