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South China Morning Post[/size=6][/b]
Sea of lights as ‘record crowd’ marks 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown[/size=5]
Record crowd claimed as Hong Kong commemorates 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown with calls for democracy and candles held high
Victoria Park became a galaxy of candlelight last night with what was claimed to be a record crowd marking the 25th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown.
Conflict within the ranks of the democracy movement led to radicals holding an alternative rally in Tsim Sha Tsui.
But the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China put the number in Victoria Park at more than 180,000, well up from the 150,000 reported last year.
Police put the turnout at 99,500, compared with 54,000 last year. The previous biggest turnout reported by the alliance was 180,000 in 2012.
Even as the commemoration started at 8pm, thousands of people were waiting to get into the park, with the queue stretching all the way to the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay.
Many travelled from the mainland to join the vigil, with Hong Kong - and its neighbouring Macau - the only places on Chinese soil where people can observe the anniversary in public and on such a large scale.
"Let's show our sea of lights to [President] Xi Jinping ! Fight until the end!" said alliance chairman Lee Cheuk-yan.
In contrast, Beijing was eerily quiet. Tiananmen Square and other key locations were heavily guarded by police. Only a few family members of four of the victims killed in the 1989 crackdown were allowed to visit the Wanan Cemetery where their loved ones were buried. They were closely watched by security officers.
Zhang Xianling, a founder of the Tiananmen Mothers group, said she alone was watched by at least 20 plain-clothes officers. "This shows the authorities still lack the courage to face the grievous mistake they made 25 years ago," she said.
In Hong Kong, video messages from eight exiled dissidents, including Wang Dan, Wuer Kaixi, Yan Jiaqi and Wang Juntao, were broadcast. Wang Dan said the desire for democracy lived on.
"We will certainly see the dawn of the victory if we continue to persevere," he said.
Teng Biao, a mainland civil rights lawyer, said: "I hope one day Chinese citizens will have the freedom of protest, which is a right protected by the Chinese constitution, as well as a basic human right.
"However, many human rights activists … have sacrificed their freedom trying to pursue this right. Some have even lost their lives for it.
At the close of the gathering, the alliance called on participants to join the annual July 1 pro-democracy march.
The Federation of Students protested outside the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong after the vigil.
Radical pan-democratic lawmaker Wong Yuk-man's Proletariat Political Institute and online media platform Passion Times jointly held an alternative vigil in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Organisers put the turnout at about 7,000 - much higher than they had expected - but police said the figure was nearer 3,000. Pro-Beijing group Voice of Loving Hong Kong staged its own rally - attended by about 20 people - right next to the candlelight vigil in Victoria Park. It screened a video purportedly showing that "nobody died at Tiananmen Square".
Police stepped in to keep the group and some members of the huge crowd apart, although there were scuffles.
Earlier in the day, government-friendly lawmakers walked out of the Legislative Council as pan-democrats observed a minute's silence, after Lee Cheuk-yan's request for formal mourning was rejected by Legco President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing.
Yesterday in Macau, over 2,000 people gathered at Senado Square to commemorate those who lost their lives in the crackdown, the Macau Daily Times reported.
BBC News[/size=6][/b]
Tiananmen anniversary marked at huge Hong Kong vigil[/size=5]
Tens of thousands have gathered in Hong Kong for the only major commemoration in China of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.
The organisers said some 180,000 attended the vigil, but the police put the crowd size at just under 100,000.
The city retains civil liberties not permitted to mainland Chinese.
The 1989 protesters wanted political reform, but the crackdown was ordered after hardliners won a power struggle within the ruling Communist Party.
In Beijing, the authorities have imposed blanket security, particularly on Tiananmen Square, to prevent any attempts to mark the anniversary.
Dozens of activists were detained in the run-up to the anniversary, with foreign journalists ushered away from the square on Wednesday.
Lights out
The Chinese authorities classify the 1989 protests as counter-revolutionary riots and hold no memorial.
But in Hong Kong a large crowd joined the Tiananmen remembrance rally, which has been held every year since the massacre.
With the lights turned out, people raised candles in the dark as the names of those who died in Beijing on 4 June 1989 were read over loudspeakers.
"Let (Chinese President) Xi Jinping see the lights of the candles," rally organiser Lee Cheuk-Yan was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
Activist groups in Taiwan also marked the anniversary. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou described China's crackdown as "an enormous historical wound".
Both the Taiwanese and Japanese governments urged Beijing to use the memory of the protests to improve its attitude to human rights.
Vietnam has broken its long silence on the massacre. State media were highly critical of the Chinese government in a sign of the growing tension between the two countries over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
The Guardian[/size=6][/b]
Tiananmen anniversary: the marked contrast of Hong Kong and Beijing[/size=5]
Tens of thousands unhindered at candlelit vigil as security, house arrests and censorship stepped up in crackdown on mainland
Tens of thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong on Wednesday to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while tight security in Beijing and a pre-emptive strike against activists prevented the public from marking the 25th anniversary.
Police flooded the heart of the Chinese capital, with hundreds of uniformed and plainclothes officers carrying out identity checks at the site of the 1989 pro-reform protests. Some foreign media were ordered to leave or were prevented from entering the square.
Censors deleted online posts, blocked searches for sensitive terms and blacked out television screens when foreign broadcasters covered the anniversary. Users of LinkedIn, one of the few foreign social media services not blocked in China, complained that it had censored posts about the anniversary or related detentions.
Relatives of some of the hundreds or even thousands of victims of the 1989 crackdown were allowed to mourn at their graves, but only under police escort, said Zhang Xianling of the Tiananmen Mothers group. "The wound is still very deep … We must pursue justice for our loved ones," Zhang, whose teenage son Wang Nan was killed, told Associated Press. Dozens of activists and other critics were placed under house arrest or detained by the authorities in the runup to the anniversary of the massacre. Others were told to leave Beijing.
In Hong Kong, where residents enjoy greater freedoms under the "one country, two systems" principle, crowds packed into Victoria Park to listen as the names of victims were read out. Organisers said a record 180,000 people took part, while police put attendance at just under 100,000. Rany Cao, a 30-year-old participant from the mainland, told AP: "The reason that I've come here is that I want to see the sunshine of freedom. I expect to learn more about the truth of what happened 25 years ago."
While organisers once feared the vigils were dwindling as time went by, they have drawn increased crowds in recent years, including many too young to recall the events of 1989.
Another, smaller vigil took place in Taipei. Those in attendance included Wu'er Kaixi, a prominent student leader now living in exile in Taiwan.
"The Chinese government has tried their best to remove all elements of people remembering it. They have managed to keep it away from all the media and social media – but that's needed because people refuse to forget," he said.
He added that the Chinese government still needed to address public discontent over issues such as rampant corruption.
"In 1989 they made the worst possible choice. Today I am still hopeful – but not very optimistic – the regime will realise they have already run out of options," he said.
The official verdict on the protests condemned the "counter-revolutionary riot". But student leaders sought reform rather than to overthrow the Chinese Communist party.
The protests quickly drew support from workers and even parts of the Chinese the party, drawing millions on to the streets of Beijing and other cities across China at their height.
Maya Wang, of Human Rights Watch, said more people had been affected by this year's crackdown, and more detained by police and even charged, rather than placed under house arrest.
She added: "The government fears any acknowledgement or discussion of the incident would undermine the legitimacy of their version of events.
"Most people in China today don't want to talk about Tiananmen, believe in the official verdict or don't know about it – generally there's silence except for from a small minority of activists trying to keep the memory alive. But the same issues raised 25 years ago continue to dominate the grievances people raise today."
An editorial in an English language edition of the state-run populist newspaper Global Times, which often covers more sensitive material than the Chinese version, said: "China has shielded relevant information in a bid to wield a positive influence on the smooth development of reform and opening up."
The article, not carried in the Chinese edition, added: "Chinese society has never forgotten the incident 25 years ago, but not talking about it indicates the attitude of society."
The White House urged Beijing to account for those who had been killed, detained or gone missing in connection with the 1989 crackdown and said it honoured the memories of those who died.
"The United States will always speak out in support of the basic freedoms the protestors at Tiananmen Square sought, including the freedom of expression, the freedom of the press and the freedoms of association and assembly," the White House press secretary said.
The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed concern for those held in the runup to the anniversary, adding: "I urge the Chinese authorities to immediately release those detained for the exercise of their human right to freedom of expression."
In Dharamsala, India, the Dalai Lama offered prayers for those who died and urged China to embrace democracy.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the Dalai Lama had "ulterior motives" for his remarks. Hong also expressed anger at the comments from the US and the UN, saying they interfered in China's internal affairs and that Pillay's comments "grossly [go] against her mandate".
Sea of lights as ‘record crowd’ marks 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown[/size=5]
Record crowd claimed as Hong Kong commemorates 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown with calls for democracy and candles held high
Victoria Park became a galaxy of candlelight last night with what was claimed to be a record crowd marking the 25th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown.
Conflict within the ranks of the democracy movement led to radicals holding an alternative rally in Tsim Sha Tsui.
But the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China put the number in Victoria Park at more than 180,000, well up from the 150,000 reported last year.
Police put the turnout at 99,500, compared with 54,000 last year. The previous biggest turnout reported by the alliance was 180,000 in 2012.
Even as the commemoration started at 8pm, thousands of people were waiting to get into the park, with the queue stretching all the way to the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay.
Many travelled from the mainland to join the vigil, with Hong Kong - and its neighbouring Macau - the only places on Chinese soil where people can observe the anniversary in public and on such a large scale.
"Let's show our sea of lights to [President] Xi Jinping ! Fight until the end!" said alliance chairman Lee Cheuk-yan.
In contrast, Beijing was eerily quiet. Tiananmen Square and other key locations were heavily guarded by police. Only a few family members of four of the victims killed in the 1989 crackdown were allowed to visit the Wanan Cemetery where their loved ones were buried. They were closely watched by security officers.
Zhang Xianling, a founder of the Tiananmen Mothers group, said she alone was watched by at least 20 plain-clothes officers. "This shows the authorities still lack the courage to face the grievous mistake they made 25 years ago," she said.
In Hong Kong, video messages from eight exiled dissidents, including Wang Dan, Wuer Kaixi, Yan Jiaqi and Wang Juntao, were broadcast. Wang Dan said the desire for democracy lived on.
"We will certainly see the dawn of the victory if we continue to persevere," he said.
Teng Biao, a mainland civil rights lawyer, said: "I hope one day Chinese citizens will have the freedom of protest, which is a right protected by the Chinese constitution, as well as a basic human right.
"However, many human rights activists … have sacrificed their freedom trying to pursue this right. Some have even lost their lives for it.
At the close of the gathering, the alliance called on participants to join the annual July 1 pro-democracy march.
The Federation of Students protested outside the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong after the vigil.
Radical pan-democratic lawmaker Wong Yuk-man's Proletariat Political Institute and online media platform Passion Times jointly held an alternative vigil in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Organisers put the turnout at about 7,000 - much higher than they had expected - but police said the figure was nearer 3,000. Pro-Beijing group Voice of Loving Hong Kong staged its own rally - attended by about 20 people - right next to the candlelight vigil in Victoria Park. It screened a video purportedly showing that "nobody died at Tiananmen Square".
Police stepped in to keep the group and some members of the huge crowd apart, although there were scuffles.
Earlier in the day, government-friendly lawmakers walked out of the Legislative Council as pan-democrats observed a minute's silence, after Lee Cheuk-yan's request for formal mourning was rejected by Legco President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing.
Yesterday in Macau, over 2,000 people gathered at Senado Square to commemorate those who lost their lives in the crackdown, the Macau Daily Times reported.
BBC News[/size=6][/b]
Tiananmen anniversary marked at huge Hong Kong vigil[/size=5]
Tens of thousands have gathered in Hong Kong for the only major commemoration in China of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.
The organisers said some 180,000 attended the vigil, but the police put the crowd size at just under 100,000.
The city retains civil liberties not permitted to mainland Chinese.
The 1989 protesters wanted political reform, but the crackdown was ordered after hardliners won a power struggle within the ruling Communist Party.
In Beijing, the authorities have imposed blanket security, particularly on Tiananmen Square, to prevent any attempts to mark the anniversary.
Dozens of activists were detained in the run-up to the anniversary, with foreign journalists ushered away from the square on Wednesday.
Lights out
The Chinese authorities classify the 1989 protests as counter-revolutionary riots and hold no memorial.
But in Hong Kong a large crowd joined the Tiananmen remembrance rally, which has been held every year since the massacre.
With the lights turned out, people raised candles in the dark as the names of those who died in Beijing on 4 June 1989 were read over loudspeakers.
"Let (Chinese President) Xi Jinping see the lights of the candles," rally organiser Lee Cheuk-Yan was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
Activist groups in Taiwan also marked the anniversary. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou described China's crackdown as "an enormous historical wound".
Both the Taiwanese and Japanese governments urged Beijing to use the memory of the protests to improve its attitude to human rights.
Vietnam has broken its long silence on the massacre. State media were highly critical of the Chinese government in a sign of the growing tension between the two countries over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
The Guardian[/size=6][/b]
Tiananmen anniversary: the marked contrast of Hong Kong and Beijing[/size=5]
Tens of thousands unhindered at candlelit vigil as security, house arrests and censorship stepped up in crackdown on mainland
Tens of thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong on Wednesday to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while tight security in Beijing and a pre-emptive strike against activists prevented the public from marking the 25th anniversary.
Police flooded the heart of the Chinese capital, with hundreds of uniformed and plainclothes officers carrying out identity checks at the site of the 1989 pro-reform protests. Some foreign media were ordered to leave or were prevented from entering the square.
Censors deleted online posts, blocked searches for sensitive terms and blacked out television screens when foreign broadcasters covered the anniversary. Users of LinkedIn, one of the few foreign social media services not blocked in China, complained that it had censored posts about the anniversary or related detentions.
Relatives of some of the hundreds or even thousands of victims of the 1989 crackdown were allowed to mourn at their graves, but only under police escort, said Zhang Xianling of the Tiananmen Mothers group. "The wound is still very deep … We must pursue justice for our loved ones," Zhang, whose teenage son Wang Nan was killed, told Associated Press. Dozens of activists and other critics were placed under house arrest or detained by the authorities in the runup to the anniversary of the massacre. Others were told to leave Beijing.
In Hong Kong, where residents enjoy greater freedoms under the "one country, two systems" principle, crowds packed into Victoria Park to listen as the names of victims were read out. Organisers said a record 180,000 people took part, while police put attendance at just under 100,000. Rany Cao, a 30-year-old participant from the mainland, told AP: "The reason that I've come here is that I want to see the sunshine of freedom. I expect to learn more about the truth of what happened 25 years ago."
While organisers once feared the vigils were dwindling as time went by, they have drawn increased crowds in recent years, including many too young to recall the events of 1989.
Another, smaller vigil took place in Taipei. Those in attendance included Wu'er Kaixi, a prominent student leader now living in exile in Taiwan.
"The Chinese government has tried their best to remove all elements of people remembering it. They have managed to keep it away from all the media and social media – but that's needed because people refuse to forget," he said.
He added that the Chinese government still needed to address public discontent over issues such as rampant corruption.
"In 1989 they made the worst possible choice. Today I am still hopeful – but not very optimistic – the regime will realise they have already run out of options," he said.
The official verdict on the protests condemned the "counter-revolutionary riot". But student leaders sought reform rather than to overthrow the Chinese Communist party.
The protests quickly drew support from workers and even parts of the Chinese the party, drawing millions on to the streets of Beijing and other cities across China at their height.
Maya Wang, of Human Rights Watch, said more people had been affected by this year's crackdown, and more detained by police and even charged, rather than placed under house arrest.
She added: "The government fears any acknowledgement or discussion of the incident would undermine the legitimacy of their version of events.
"Most people in China today don't want to talk about Tiananmen, believe in the official verdict or don't know about it – generally there's silence except for from a small minority of activists trying to keep the memory alive. But the same issues raised 25 years ago continue to dominate the grievances people raise today."
An editorial in an English language edition of the state-run populist newspaper Global Times, which often covers more sensitive material than the Chinese version, said: "China has shielded relevant information in a bid to wield a positive influence on the smooth development of reform and opening up."
The article, not carried in the Chinese edition, added: "Chinese society has never forgotten the incident 25 years ago, but not talking about it indicates the attitude of society."
The White House urged Beijing to account for those who had been killed, detained or gone missing in connection with the 1989 crackdown and said it honoured the memories of those who died.
"The United States will always speak out in support of the basic freedoms the protestors at Tiananmen Square sought, including the freedom of expression, the freedom of the press and the freedoms of association and assembly," the White House press secretary said.
The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed concern for those held in the runup to the anniversary, adding: "I urge the Chinese authorities to immediately release those detained for the exercise of their human right to freedom of expression."
In Dharamsala, India, the Dalai Lama offered prayers for those who died and urged China to embrace democracy.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the Dalai Lama had "ulterior motives" for his remarks. Hong also expressed anger at the comments from the US and the UN, saying they interfered in China's internal affairs and that Pillay's comments "grossly [go] against her mandate".
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