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    June 4th - Lest we forget ...

    Dumb me ... forgot what the date was (went through the day thinking it was the 2nd of June).

    Within two weeks of today's 26th commemoration in Hong Kong of the June 4 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, the city's lawmakers are scheduled to debate the government's reform package for the 2017 chief executive election. In the absence of concessions from Beijing, pan-democrats are expected to vote down the package.

    Although the two events appear unconnected, in their own ways they reflect conflicted sentiment in Hong Kong about progress towards democracy under the one country, two systems concept.

    Tonight's candlelight vigil in Victoria Park may be testament to enduring feelings the tragedy still arouses in this city. But the commemoration also remains a factor in the discord between local democrats and Beijing, which stands by the official verdict that it was necessary to use the PLA to crush student demonstrations in June 1989.

    Ironically, however, the vigil also confounds pessimism over one country, two systems.
    June 4 vigil shows that one country, two systems principle is working well | South China Morning Post
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    Patterson and Cleveland Streets already stuffed full of police vans, lots noise coming from the park.

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    I've forgotten so much shit over the years, but June 4 remains vivid.

    "So painful to remember, so difficult to forget..."

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    Claire - Fixed .... dumb typo that autocorrect did not pick up.


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    So who is going tonight?


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    Read the comments on this page and get depressed. The deniers are out in force.

    Massive Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil planned in Hong Kong | World news | The Guardian

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    Quote Originally Posted by drumbrake:
    Read the comments on this page and get depressed. The deniers are out in force.

    Massive Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil planned in Hong Kong | World news | The Guardian
    You mean wumao/50 cents folks are out in force. CCP's propaganda dept must be paying these wumaos overtime today.

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    I've never really understood why such a fuss is made over Tiananmen. Too much b.s. from both sides.

    What is clear is that there was no massacre in the square at all and that the 'students' were not school kids.

    Lots of evidence that many unarmed PLA soldiers were lynched in the lead-up to the crackdown.

    So for me, not interested.


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