Police lock down Tiananmen Square on 25th anniversary, as huge crowd holds remembrance vigil in Hong

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-27702206[/url]
[quote]Tens of thousands have gathered in Hong Kong for the only major commemoration in China of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.

It was one of the biggest turnouts at the annual vigil for several years.

The former British colony, with its own legal system, retains civil liberties not permitted to mainland Chinese.

The 1989 protesters wanted political reform, but the crackdown was ordered after hardliners won a power struggle within the ruling Communist Party.

In Beijing, the authorities have imposed blanket security, particularly on Tiananmen Square, to prevent any attempts to mark the anniversary.

Dozens of activists were detained in the run-up to the anniversary, with foreign journalists ushered away from the square on Wednesday.[/quote]

[JDER14]

Nice to know China never changes.

[Sableye]

kinda sucks that so many people died to only be forgotten by the people's media

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[QUOTE=Sableye;44999282]kinda sucks that so many people died to only be forgotten by the people's media[/QUOTE]

Hong Kong remembers

[chuz]

Good thing they did, I hear those candlelight vigils can get pretty rough.

[Ganerumo]

Do we even know the identity of the guy who stood in front of that line of tanks ?

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=smurfy;44999327]Hong Kong remembers[/QUOTE]

hong kong is being indoctrinated and slowly the democracy and west is being pushed out at least in the government and society even if the people always remember

[editline]4th June 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;44999396]Do we even know the identity of the guy who stood in front of that line of tanks ?[/QUOTE]

the leader of china at the time said "definitely not dead" though he's probably dead

[Electrocuter]

Goes to show that all of China's censoring isn't enough to make the people forget about it.

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;44999579]Goes to show that all of China's censoring isn't enough to make the people forget about it.[/QUOTE]

These are hong Kong people though, they dont have the same great firewall as the rest of the country

[Rangergxi]

[QUOTE=JDER14;44998930]Nice to know China never changes.[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately Hong Kong is now that Beijing has a hold of it.

(UK should have manned the fuck up in the 90s).