Ken's massacre of history; In Beijing, Mayor Ken Livingstone has played down China's human rights record. But one writer, who witnessed the Tiananmen events, says such abuses still continue.

The Evening Standard (London, England) | April 10, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: JONATHAN MIRSKY

YESTERDAY in Beijing, London Mayor Ken Livingstone brushed away the Tiananmen killings in 1989 by comparing them with the poll tax riots in London in 1990.

The Mayor was standing in Tiananmen Square, the largest manmade space on the planet, just after landing in Beijing with Sebastian Coe to discuss the Beijing Olympics.

Asked about Tiananmen's bloody past, Mr Livingstone said: "In the same way that Trafalgar Square has had an interesting history in the past, and not always a peaceful one, there is a very clear parallel." ...

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