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After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on June 5, 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.
Video credit: AFP English
Published on June 5, 2024 - 03:27
Erasing memories: How Hong Kong was forced to forget Tiananmen
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 national security law to quell dissent.
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