NATION : D.C. Plot Named Tian An Men Park
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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted today to name a grassy plot near the Chinese Embassy in Washington “Tian An Men Square Park” in honor of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing.
In addition to memorializing demonstrators who were killed by the Chinese army, said Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyo.), who sponsored the legislation, the action serves “to remind Beijing that America will never and can never forget the ruthlessness and callousness of the Chinese government in crushing their citizen-demonstrators and their aspirations.” The amendment was added by voice vote to a bill authorizing State Department programs for the new budget year.
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