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China calls Rubio remarks about Tiananmen Square an "attack"

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the world will "never forget" the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 .

China 's communist rulers have since sought to erase any public mention of the crackdown, with censors scrubbing all online references and foreign media warned over coverage of the 36-year mark.

Chinese troops and tanks forcibly cleared protesters from the square in the capital on June 4, 1989 after weeks -long demonstrations demanding greater political freedoms.

In Hong Kong , jailed activist Chow Hang-tung begins a 36-hour hunger strike to commemorate the anniversary.

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