{"id":167369,"date":"2020-06-04T23:05:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=167369"},"modified":"2020-06-04T23:05:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T21:05:14","slug":"hong-kong-citizens-defy-coronavirus-restrictions-to-stage-multiple-tiananmen-square-massacre-memorials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=167369","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong citizens defy coronavirus restrictions to stage multiple Tiananmen Square massacre memorials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong> Police have used pepper spray and arrested several Hong Kong protesters who were defying a ban to stage city-wide candlelit vigils in memory of China&#8217;s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scuffles broke out in the working-class Mong Kok district when demonstrators tried to set up roadblocks with metal barriers and officers used the spray to disperse them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was the first time there had been unrest during the annual June 4 Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong, which\u00a0had been banned this year due to coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hong Kong&#8217;s coronavirus restrictions are due to be lifted from June 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Several thousand people joined the main rally in Victoria Park, chanting slogans such as &#8220;Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time&#8221; and &#8220;Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The crowd singing Glory To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HongKong<\/a>, a protest anthem written during the movement last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2mPmXrcHLq\">pic.twitter.com\/2mPmXrcHLq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachel_cheung1\/status\/1268522445314482177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>&#8220;We are just remembering those who died on June 4, the students who were killed. What have we done wrong?,&#8221; said Kitty, a 70-year-old housewife.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;For 30 years we have come here peacefully and reasonably, once it&#8217;s over it&#8217;s &#8216;sayonara&#8217; [goodbye].&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The anniversary has struck an especially sensitive nerve in the former British Crown colony this year after\u00a0China&#8217;s move last month to impose national security legislation\u00a0and\u00a0passage of a bill outlawing disrespect of China&#8217;s national anthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defying a government ban and threats to prosecute attendees, thousands of people in Hong Kong have shown up at a Tiananmen vigil (but are still social distancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UY7eZeQhup\">pic.twitter.com\/UY7eZeQhup<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daniel Victor (@bydanielvictor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bydanielvictor\/status\/1268511314051129347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Beijing, security around Tiananmen Square, a popular tourist attraction in the heart of the city, appeared to be tightened, with more police visible than on ordinary days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Hong Kong, which just reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus cases in weeks, police had said a mass gathering would undermine public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Never forget June 4&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Despite warnings from local authorities, many took to the streets to light candles and stand for a minute&#8217;s silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Seven Catholic churches opened their doors for memorials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We are afraid this will be the last time we can have a ceremony but Hongkongers will always remember what happened on June 4,&#8221; said Brenda Hui, 24, in the working class district of Mong Kok, where she and a friend stood with a white battery-illuminated umbrella that read &#8220;Never Forget June 4.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Images posted to social media also showed protesters being arrested\u00a0by what appeared to be plain-clothed police officers. The European Union and United States both expressed solidarity with the Hong Kong demonstrators&#8217; desire to mark the Tiananmen anniversary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So too, did people in the Czech capital of Prague, who protested against the Chinese Government&#8217;s new national security law for Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The protesters carried placards reading &#8220;stop killing us&#8221; and &#8220;Save Hong Kong now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen asked China to apologise, which the mainland called &#8220;nonsense.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;In China, every year has only 364 days; one day is forgotten,&#8221; she wrote on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I hope that in every corner of the earth there won&#8217;t be any days that are disappeared again. And I wish Hong Kong well.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;A murderous state stinks forever&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/cm\/rimage\/11171832-4x3-xlarge.jpg?v=2\" alt=\"A young woman is vastly outnumbered by Chinese soldiers in green military uniform as they wrest her from other civilians. \"\/><figcaption>Chinese soldiers attempt to remove a woman from an assembly near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 1989<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">China has never provided a full account of\u00a0the 1989 violence which saw Chinese tanks and troops turned against student demonstrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Beijing has officially stated that 200 civilians were killed in the crackdown, other\u00a0estimates of the death toll have ranged from a few hundred to several thousand people\u00a0\u2014 a released British diplomatic cable from 2017 said the number was closer to 10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There was no mention of the anniversary in Chinese state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/cm\/rimage\/11169832-16x9-xlarge.jpg?v=2\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em><strong>A former Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army soldier reflects on his participation in the massacre.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, a nationalistic tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party&#8217;s People&#8217;s Daily, tweeted a screenshot of the US statement with his own commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The Tiananmen incident gave Chinese society a political vaccine shot, which has enabled us to be immune to any colour revolution,&#8221; Mr Hu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>&#8220;31 years later, riots emerged and spread in the US. They only think of exporting it, but forget to prepare vaccine for themselves.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mr Hu did not elaborate. The term colour revolution is often used to describe peaceful uprisings in former Soviet states but has also been used to describe other popular movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier on Thursday, some students in Hong Kong followed the annual tradition of repainting a Tiananmen memorial message on a university campus bridge: &#8220;Souls of martyrs shall forever linger despite the brutal massacre. 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