Chinese dictator Xi Jinping publicly praised the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre as a "correct decision" and demanded an "indomitable fighting spirit" from his people, reminding Americans that the regime Washington enriched through globalist trade deals openly celebrates the mass murder of citizens who wanted freedom.
Xi’s remarks mark a sharp shift from censoring the slaughter of pro-democracy students to applauding it, underscoring the stakes for an America that has spent decades treating the Chinese Communist Party as a business partner rather than an enemy of human liberty.
At a ceremony marking the 100th birthday of former leader Jiang Zemin—the man who rose to power by backing the Tiananmen crackdown—Xi told thousands of officials at the Great Hall of the People that China must "actively confront major challenges, whether they be rough seas or even raging storms." According to KRDO, Xi called for the defense of "national sovereignty, security, and development interests," rhetoric that follows his previous vows to combat "Western countries led by the United States" and pursue Taiwan's reunification.
The centerpiece of the speech, however, was a full-throated endorsement of state violence. Xi credited Jiang with helping end the 1989 "political turmoil" by implementing the "correct decisions" to clear Tiananmen Square, effectively maintaining "stability in Shanghai," according to both Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit. While the CCP spent 37 years scrubbing the massacre from the internet, Breitbart reported that under Xi, the stance has shifted to applause, framing the slaughter as a necessary "political vaccine" against pro-freedom ideologies.
Jiang, who died in 2022, led China from 1993 to 2003. His record includes the brutal persecution of dissidents and pioneering live organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners, according to Breitbart. Yet, as The Gateway Pundit and KRDO noted, Jiang’s tenure also saw China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001—with U.S. support. That move fueled China's rapid economic rise and enriched Wall Street, while the regime was busy executing dissidents.
The human cost of that "stability" was staggering. While Beijing claims only 241 died, The Gateway Pundit cited a declassified British cable estimating a minimum of 10,000 civilian dead, with U.S. files putting the toll at 10,454 dead and 40,000 injured. Thousands were arrested, and dozens executed.
The CCP no longer hides its nature; it celebrates the slaughter of citizens demanding liberty as a model for the future. The open question is whether the architects of America's trade policy will ever admit that partnering with a regime that views massacre as a "vaccine" was a fatal mistake for American interests.
