Tiananmen Square
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Hong Kong activists sentenced to 6-10 months in prison for Tiananmen Square vigilThe vigils have been banned by police citing COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings, but the ban was seen by many activists as an attempt to shut down defiance to Beijing.WorldSep 15
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Detained Hong Kong activist says arrest over Tiananmen Square vigil meant to scare othersPolice said Chow Hang Tung was arrested on suspicion of publicizing an unauthorized assembly.WorldJun 5
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Microsoft says no images of Tiananmen ‘tank man’ on Bing search engine due to errorUsers, including in the United Kingdom, Germany and Singapore, reported Friday that when they performed the search Bing returned the message, "There are no results for tank man."WorldJun 4
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Hong Kong police arrest prominent Tiananmen Square vigils organizer: colleaguesThe arrest comes as thousands of police are expected to patrol the city's streets to prevent people from gathering to commemorate the June 4 crackdown.WorldJun 3
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Hong Kong officials shut down Tiananmen Square museum 3 days after openingOrganizers of the June 4 Museum said it closed after authorities investigated whether it had licenses to conduct public exhibitions.WorldJun 2
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, already in prison, pleads guilty to new chargeWong and three others pleaded guilty to illegal assembly over a June gathering commemorating the 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around China's Tiananmen Square.WorldApr 30
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Hong Kong protesters defy ban, hold vigil for Tiananmen Square anniversaryBeijing is taking a tougher stance following months of anti-government protests last year, in what activists see as an accelerating erosion of the city's rights and liberties.WorldJun 4, 2020
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Tiananmen Square anniversary marred by Hong Kong crackdown, vigil banChina has long detested Hong Kong's vigil, the only such activity allowed on Chinese territory to commemorate victims of the crackdown, which remains a taboo subject on the mainland.WorldJun 3, 2020
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Hong Kong a ‘vital’ test case for the West on China: experts"Hong Kong is a vital human rights test case for Canadian foreign policy," says former diplomat.CanadaAug 13, 2019
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What is Tiananmen Square? How China is ‘immunizing’ itself by censoring a massacreChina is using digital tools and draconian tactics to make sure no one discusses the 30th anniversary of its bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown.WorldJun 4, 2019
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