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The Tiananmen incident is not officially commemorated in China, where the topic is taboo and discussion censored.
However thousands of people, including prominent democracy leaders, poured into Victoria Park on Thursday evening and lit candles as an act of remembrance and resistance. Thousands gather for a candlelit remembrance outside Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, after an annual vigil that traditionally takes place in the park to mark the Tiananmen Square incident was banned on public health grounds because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan asked China to apologise, which China called"nonsense."
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