Hong Kong protestors were pepper sprayed and a reporter was detained for calling out a question about the Tiananmen Squre massacre during Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao’s three day visit to Hong Kong, marking 15 years of Chinese communist rule under the “one country, two systems” policy.
Since Chongqing’s former deputy mayor Wang Lijun fled to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, there has been an uneven double movement within the Chinese Communist Party as long-standing power arrangements are dismantled and steps toward a new direction for the Chinese regime are taken.
The two major factions within the CCP are reported to each have drawn up their own plans for redressing what is also known as the June 4 incident, in order to each win the public’s support.