Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Journalist Detained in Shenzhen Said to Be American

By KIKI ZHAO JUNE 6, 2014 3:19 AM 

 

A journalist based in Hong Kong who was arrested last week by the Chinese police is an American citizen, people close to the case said Friday.

On May 30, the police in Shenzhen, a city bordering Hong Kong, arrested two men for “operating illegal publications,” Continue reading

Hong Kong Remembers Tiananmen Square Protests

Rebecca Valli

June 01, 2014 2:25 PM

HONG KONG — Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents gathered a few days early to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests on June 4, 1989, crushed with deadly force by Chinese troops. Continue reading

Tiananmen Vigil Draws H.K. Crowds 25 Years After Crackdown

By Clement Tan and Natasha Khan Jun 4, 2014 5:12 PM ET

Hong Kong Tiananmen Anniversary

Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 4, 2014 to mark… Continue reading

Hong Kong holds march to remember Tiananmen

By AP News Jun 02, 2014 2:03PM UTC


Thousands of Hong Kong people march on a downtown street in Hong Kong Sunday. Pic: AP. Continue reading

‘Tiananmen has been an ongoing trauma for me’: HK activists recall pain of helping June 4 protesters

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 11:34am

UPDATED : Wednesday, 21 May, 2014, 10:56am
Gary Cheung
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Chong Yiu-kwong (left), Lam Yik-tsz, Tommy Cheung and Victor Wong with the ‘Goddess of Democracy’ at Chinese University in Sha Tin. Photo: Edward Wong
Recalling the events of 1989 traumatised Dr Lam Yik-tsz.

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Tiananmen Massacre 25th anniversary: how Chinese triads enabled the Great Escape

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, a Hong Kong triad speaks fully for the first time about how he smuggled 133 students and intellectuals out of the clutches of the Communist party

By Malcolm Moore, Hong Kong5:00AM BST 18 May 2014

Brother Six had the fastest speedboats in Hong Kong, rigged with four outboard engines to outrun the police on both sides of the border.

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Tiananmen Square protest museum opens in Hong Kong

 

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The events in Tiananmen square remain a taboo in Chinese society

The world’s first museum dedicated to the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has opened in Hong Kong.

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