Outraged Over China, Foley Says
House Speaker Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) expressed outrage Sunday over the Chinese government’s attempt to deny that a mass slaughter of Chinese civilians took place at Tian An Men Square.
Foley also condemned the death sentences given to eight people accused of attacking the Chinese army during the June 4 crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing.
“We are outraged as a country about the death sentences, about the suppression and about the enormous big lie that the Chinese government is attempting to tell about that story,” Foley said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”
Foley said he believes that President Bush should be more vocal in his criticism of the Chinese leadership and consider further actions against the Beijing government “if matters turn toward the worse, as they apparently are doing.”
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