Whereas June 4, 2024, marks the 35th anniversary of the violent crackdowns on peaceful demonstrations held on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing and in 400 other cities in the People’s Republic of China; Whereas these demonstrations included an estimated 1,000,000 Chinese citizens from all walks of life, including students, government employees, journalists, workers, police officers, and members of the Armed Forces, who gathered peacefully to call for democratic reforms; Whereas these peaceful demonstrators called upon the Government of the People’s Republic of China to eliminate corruption, accelerate economic and political reform, and protect human rights, particularly the freedoms of expression and assembly—concerns that remain pertinent in China today; Whereas the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party sent armed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops and tanks into Beijing and surrounding areas beginning on June 3, 1989, killing and injuring thousands of demonstrators and other unarmed civilians, including in Tiananmen Square; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China continues to censor any mention of the crackdown centered on Tiananmen Square and prevents the victims from being publicly mourned and remembered; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China harasses, detains, and arrests those who call for a full, public, and independent accounting of the wounded, dead, and those imprisoned for participating in the spring 1989 demonstrations—including the Tiananmen Mothers Group; Whereas the people of Hong Kong had held annual Tiananmen Square vigils since 1990 in Victoria Park, which were the only such mass gathering on Chinese territory because commemorations of the event are banned in mainland China