MNI: Just worth reminding that last week saw CNBC....>

MNI: Just worth reminding that last week saw CNBC sources report that "Vice

President Mike Pence is planning a speech around the 30th anniversary of the

Tiananmen Square massacre, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The remarks are expected to be a censure of China's religious freedom and human

rights record from one of the Trump administration's highest-ranking China

hawks. They are set to come amid rising trade tensions between the world's two

largest economies. A White House official confirmed a Pence speech is in the

works - potentially in mid-June, following the anniversary - but declined to

comment on its contents."

- The anniversary of Tiananmen Square is today.

- Earlier tweets from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saw him note that

"Today, we call on China to release all those held for seeking to exercise their

human rights and fundamental freedoms, to halt the use of arbitrary detention,

and to reverse counterproductive policies that conflate terrorism with religious

and political expression." That comes after he highlighted the Tiananmen

anniversary.