BBC Online :
China has made a formal complaint to the US after the White House urged it to account for the protesters who were killed during the Tiananmen massacre.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said he was “deeply dissatisfied” and had lodged “solemn representations”.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre, but all mention of the event was forbidden in mainland China.
Hundreds died when the army suppressed a huge pro-democracy protest in 1989.
The crackdown was ordered after hardliners won a power struggle within the ruling Communist Party.
There has never been another protest of its magnitude in mainland China.
The authorities in Beijing were keen to make sure no-one tried to commemorate the events, and detained dozens of people in the run-up to the anniversary.
