Erasing memories: How Hong Kong was forced to forget Tiananmen | AFP

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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[@nandm4709]

To the Noble and True Hongkongers, your suffering, blood and tears shed for freedom and democracy will never be forgotten. The world is with you.

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MANY PRAYERSNLUV 😢😢

[@3066961]

it is a totally different city, as many in the 80s-90s expected.

[@Finding.my.beer3349]

yeah, become more like communist country, like DPRK or China PRC

[@Daniela-r9n9d]

😞🕯️

[@cynga6067]

Hong Kong?
Long gone.

[@Deecee6]

World must be act....

[@蝦記]

Hongkong's recent political Tinamen 6/4 memory activities is clearly an 《INCITE HATRED》to Beijing Govt.

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