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Xi praises Tiananmen crackdown in Jiang centenary speech

8/18/2026

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Xi Jinping praised the Party’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and called for an indomitable fighting spirit in a speech marking Jiang Zemin’s birth centenary on Monday.
A 12-episode state-TV documentary on Jiang aired last week, noting his support for the crackdown while omitting any footage of the killings.
Xi’s second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled for late September to discuss trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan.

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Xi Jinping praised the Party’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and called for an indomitable fighting spirit in a speech marking Jiang Zemin’s birth centenary on Monday.
A 12-episode state-TV documentary on Jiang aired last week, noting his support for the crackdown while omitting any footage of the killings.
Xi’s second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled for late September to discuss trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan.