Sir, - A host of facts have proved that the political disturbance in Beijing in May and June 1989 was created by some people with ulterior motives in and out of China in an attempt to overthrow China's legitimate government and subvert its socialist system.
However, in disregard of the facts, your newspaper hailed the above-mentioned political disturbance as a "pro-democracy movement" and levelled the charge of "bloody repression" on the Chinese government.
I would like to tell you that it is with a sense of responsibility to the Chinese people that the Chinese government took immediate, correct and resolute measures to stop the disturbance, thus maintaining social stability and ensuring the smooth development of the reform, opening-up and modernisation drive.
The experience of the past 10 years fully proves that without those correct decisions at that time, there would be no political stability and none of today's remarkable economic and social progress in China.
The Chinese people cherish social stability. They are fully aware that reform can be carried out only under the precondition of social stability. Without stability, there could be no reform, and China would not be able to develop its economy steadily. - Yours, etc.,
Wang Xinping, First Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ireland, Dublin.