China Attacks Mike Pompeo Over Request to Make Public Accounting of Those Killed in Tiananmen Square

China on Tuesday defended its army's action at the Tiananmen Square three decades ago and lodged a diplomatic protest with the US for calling for public accountability, amid calls for introspection of the mass shooting which left a deep scar on the psyche of the Communist nation.

The Foreign Ministry's furious response came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's call for public accountability of the June 4, 1989 massacre.

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters are believed to have been killed on June 4, 1989 in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a brutal crackdown on those demonstrating against the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC).