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HONG KONG — Hong Kong police briefly detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, underlining the Chinese territory’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street in Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping district, close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil to mourn the victims of the 1989 crackdown.
Three of its former leaders, including activist Chow Hang-tung, were charged with subversion under the sweeping law. Tiananmen-related statues were also removed from universities. Like last year, Victoria Park on Tuesday will host a carnival by pro-Beijing groups. Beijing and Hong Kong governments have insisted that the law helped bring back stability to the city following huge anti-government protests in 2019.
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