Tiananmen remembered: 135,000 attend Hong Kong vigil
- 9 years ago
The Tiananmen Square crackdown has been remembered, 26 years to the date.
A candlelit vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park attracted 135,000 people.
#TiananmenAnniversary candlelit vigil at Victoria Park, #HongKong -the 26th year. #China #June4 #Tiananmen pic.twitter.com/cMm8pGcOjj— Fion Li (@fion_li) June 4, 2015
Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, is the only territory governed by China which tolerates events commemorating the 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrators.
Organizers said they estimate 135,000 people attended this year's Victoria Park Tiananmen vigil in #HongKong #TAM26 pic.twitter.com/gH7vmtqDLa— Natasha Khan (@natashakhanhk) June 4, 2015
June 4, 1989
On June 4, 1989, the Chinese government sent tanks in to clear Tiananmen Square of student-led protests which had attracted millions.
No official death toll has ever been released and the Beijing government bans even discussion of the protests and subsequent violence.
Estimates fro
A candlelit vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park attracted 135,000 people.
#TiananmenAnniversary candlelit vigil at Victoria Park, #HongKong -the 26th year. #China #June4 #Tiananmen pic.twitter.com/cMm8pGcOjj— Fion Li (@fion_li) June 4, 2015
Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, is the only territory governed by China which tolerates events commemorating the 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrators.
Organizers said they estimate 135,000 people attended this year's Victoria Park Tiananmen vigil in #HongKong #TAM26 pic.twitter.com/gH7vmtqDLa— Natasha Khan (@natashakhanhk) June 4, 2015
June 4, 1989
On June 4, 1989, the Chinese government sent tanks in to clear Tiananmen Square of student-led protests which had attracted millions.
No official death toll has ever been released and the Beijing government bans even discussion of the protests and subsequent violence.
Estimates fro