Washington, June 4 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday commemorated the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, saying the world continues to remember those killed while demanding democratic reforms and warning that “no amount of censorship can erase the past.” In a statement issued on the eve of the June 4 anniversary, Rubio said the Chinese Communist Party had ordered troops to attack “thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square” in 1989.”Ch…
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Beijing, April 5 (IANS) A Chinese tourist’s recent visit to Beijing reveals a rapidly expanding system of identity control in the Communist country, one that combines big data and facial recognition technology to monitor movement across the public places of China’s capital, a report said. A Chinese tourist shared on social media that he passed through security checks six times and was required to scan his national ID card 15 times during his recent five-day visit to Beijing, according to a repor…