Does the Chinese government have any official statement/story regarding the Tiananmen square massacre and the events leading up to it. And if so what is it?

by slowryd3r

I've just read in a Norwegian newspaper that the Chinese government have issued a statement through the Global Times (government controlled newspaper) that the situation in Hong Kong will not be a repetition of the incident on June 4, 1989. (Tiananmen square massacre)

Have there been any other official statements acknowledging the events of the Tiananmen square massacre? If so what's the Chinese governments story of what happened?

I've found some stories of individual politicians defending the massacre. But nothing official from the Chinese government. Also, according to Amnesty the Chinese government has never acknowledged the true events surrounding the Tiananmen massacre. But nothing about what the Chinese government says happened.

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/china-1989-tiananmen-square-protests-demonstration-massacre

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The event and its lead-up was comprehensively discussed in Communiqué of the State Council of China 592, no. 11 (1989), p. 453-476: http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1989/gwyb198911.pdf

You can also read other communiqués from the same year here: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-11/09/content_1989024.htm

Perhaps there is an English translation of this document. I certainly expected that to be the case, given the importance of this document. But I cannot find one online.

Incidentally, in case you are interested, these pages from the official website of the government of China are of course not censored inside China.