The Biden administration accused Hong Kong authorities of suppressing annual events held to mourn the victims of Beijing’s 1989 military massacre of pro-democracy civilians. On June 2, Jalina Porter, principal deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, expressed at a press briefing that “the United States condemns actions by Hong Kong authorities that prompted organizers to close the June 4th Museum that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.” She criticized Hong Kong and Beijing authorities who “continue to silence dissenting voices by also attempting to erase the horrific massacre from history.” The spokeswoman called the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s bloody act a “massacre” twice. During June 3-4, 1989, the Deng Xiaoping-led CCP ordered People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops to break up the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy rallies in Beijing. The military opened fire on pro-democracy civilians at the scene. The actual death count during the brutal crackdown, though kept as a …