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…
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香港警方检获「煽动颠覆」铜像 Hong Kong police seize statue in “incitement to subversion” probe
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…
Hong Kong’s economy shrinks for third straight quarter, outlook dims
https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/hong-kongs-economy-shrinks-third-straight-quarter-outlook-dims-2022-11-11/