After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
Wednesday, 5 June 2024 Prominent scholar Rowena He flies between the US, Britain, and Canada to speak out for those unable to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown, a taboo subject in mainland China. Hong Kong's clampdown on dissidents has erased the annual vigil mourning the victims.
Hong Kong was once the sole place on Chinese soil where public commemorations of Beijing's 1989 bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square were allowed. The annual candlelight vigil was a symbol of the city's unique freedoms, but commemorations have been banned since 2020, the year that Beijing imposed a...
Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee says "no activities that contravene the law should take place," when asked about whether citizens could publicly mourn the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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Hong Kong leader John Lee warned the threat to undermine its national security "is real", as the city increased policing on Tuesday (June 4), the 35th anniversary of the June 4..
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
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