China tightened already strict access to Tiananmen Square in Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests. In Hong Kong, which had been the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, police detained at least eight protesters.
A police officer, left, gestures to a journalist to stop as people on bicycles are ordered to stop for identification check at a checkpoint along a street near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Sunday, June 4, 2023, during the 34th anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
BEIJING — China tightened already strict access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of
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