As Beijing tightens its grip on Hong Kong, it has also restricted efforts to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown — just as it has long done on the mainland.
and closed off large swathes of the park in what they said was an effort to prevent unauthorized assembly., just two days before this year’s anniversary, after authorities investigated it for lacking the necessary licenses.
“It is a big disappointment that people will not be able to gather this year,” said Tsoi, now secretary of the Hong Kong Alliance, the group that organizes the vigil. “We cannot agree with their decision that it is due to Covid-19. We see there is some political motive that the event was banned.” China’s ruling Communist Party has never allowed public events on the mainland marking the military’s 1989 attack on protesters and citizens in Tiananmen Square, seen here filled with tourists on June 3 2021.Responding to a question about the deadly crackdown on the pro-democracy protests, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on Thursday reiterated China’s stance that its response to the “political turmoil” of 1989 had been correct.
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