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China clamps down on Hong Kong’s annual vigil of Tiananmen massacre 中国镇压香港一年一度的天安门屠杀守夜活动

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June 4th marks the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when Chinese soliders opened fire on peaceful, student-led, pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing. The topic is banned in mainland China, but people in Hong Kong long held annual commemorations. However, since Beijing imposed a 2020 security law on the once-autonomous territory, calling attention to the […]

香港警方检获「煽动颠覆」铜像 Hong Kong police seize statue in “incitement to subversion” probe

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University students observe a minute of silence in front of the “Pillar of Shame” statue at the University of Hong Kong on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-police-seize-statue-incitement-subversion-probe-2023-05-05/ The two-tonne copper Pillar of Shame was first exhibited at a Tiananmen Square commemoration in Hong Kong in 1997, the same year Britain handed the city back to China. In 2021, the University of Hong Kong dismantled and removed the statue “based on external legal advice and risk assessment for the best interest of […]