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After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive

IndiaTimes 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.
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News video: Erasing memories: How Hong Kong was forced to forget Tiananmen

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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...

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