Tiananmen remembered: 135,000 attend Hong Kong vigil

Tiananmen remembered: 135,000 attend Hong Kong vigil

The Tiananmen Square crackdown has been remembered, 26 years to the date.br br A candlelit vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park attracted 135,000 people.br br #TiananmenAnniversary candlelit vigil at Victoria Park, #HongKong -the 26th year. #China #June4 #Tiananmen pic.twitter.comcMm8pGcOjj— Fion Li (@fionli) June 4, 2015br br br 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.br br Organizers said they estimate 135,000 people attended this year's Victoria Park Tiananmen vigil in #HongKong #TAM26 pic.twitter.comgH7vmtqDLa— Natasha Khan (@natashakhanhk) June 4, 2015br br br June 4, 1989br br On June 4, 1989, the Chinese government sent tanks in to clear Tiananmen Square of student-led protests which had attracted millions.br br No official death toll has ever been released and the Beijing government bans even discussion of the protests and subsequent violence.


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