Hong Kong university covers up Tiananmen crackdown memorial slogan

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HONG KONG: A leading Hong Kong university on Saturday (Jan 29) covered a painted slogan commemorating China\u0027s Tiananmen Square crackdown, the latest instance of a public Jun 4 memorial being removed in China-ruled Hong Kong. A Reuters journalist saw about a dozen construction workers wearing yellow ha

HONG KONG: A leading Hong Kong university on Saturday covered a painted slogan commemorating China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, the latest instance of a public Jun 4 memorial being removed in China-ruled Hong Kong.

The slogan, painted in Chinese characters on the pavement, read:"The souls of the martyrs shall forever linger despite the cold-blooded massacre. The spark of democracy shall forever glow for the demise of evil." For over three decades, it has been a tradition for students at HKU to repaint the slogan on the bridge before the anniversary of 1989 crackdown.

The former British colony had long been the only place on Chinese soil where Jun 4 could be publicly remembered, unlike mainland China where it is a taboo topic and censored. For the past two years, however, authorities have barred an annual candlelight vigil, citing COVID-19.

 

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