(4 Jun 2025)
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Hong Kong – 4 June 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of man wearing a white top displaying a June 4 slogan being taken away by police
2. Various of the man being escorted onto the police vehicle and it driving away
3. Various of windows of U.S. consulate in Hong Kong which has candles placed in its windows.
4. Various of walls of British Consulate General building with projection of roman numerals symbolizing “6.4”, the date of the anniversary
5. Various of road block and police on the street of Causeway Bay area, near Victoria Park, the traditional venue of vigil gathering
6. Various of heavy police existence on the streets of Causeway Bay, the location close of Victoria Park, the traditional venue of vigil gathering
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STORYLINE:
For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it.
Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989.
Under then-leader Deng Xiaoping, the military was sent in to end the protest on the night of June 3-4.
Using live ammunition, soldiers forced their way through crowds on the streets that tried to block them from reaching the square. Hundreds and possibly thousands of people were killed, including dozens of soldiers.
The Communist Party has tried, with some success, to erase what it calls the “political turmoil” of 1989 from the collective memory. It bans any public commemoration or mention of the June 4th crackdown, scrubbing references from the internet.
In recent years, that ban has been extended to Hong Kong, where a once-massive annual candlelight vigil is no longer permitted since the national security crackdown and Covid in 2020.
In recent years, Hong Kong authorities have removed monuments and books that recorded the event. Instead, it is the police who mark the date, this year guarding the venue where the public used to gather freely.
Police were seen taking individuals away if they tried to show any sign of remembering the tragedy.
The US Consulate in Hong Kong repeated its tradition of putting candle lights in its windows on the night of June 4, while the British Consulate General building was lit up with roman numerals symbolizing “6.4”, the date of the anniversary.
It is only in Taiwan, a self-governing island that is claimed by China but runs its own affairs, that large June 4 gatherings can still take place.
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