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June 4, 2014

25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Marked in Hong Kong 
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Thousands of people are gathering in Hong Kong today to mark the 25th
anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, when
Chinese forces crushed student protesters. On June 3 and 4, 1989, the
Chinese military killed an untold numbers of unarmed civilians in
Beijing and other cities after weeks of nonviolent protests. In China,
the government has arrested activists and stepped up its censorship of
commemorative websites in the weeks leading up to the anniversary.
Dozens of riot police have also been deployed today around Tiananmen
Square.

 

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