Hundreds march in Hong Kong to remember Tiananmen
Hundreds of pro-democracy activists marched through central Hong Kong yesterday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.
Activists marched to the government headquarters in the first of a series of planned events marking the anniversary in the southern Chinese city.
Several marchers said they feared the government of chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying, chosen by a pro-Beijing electoral committee to replace outgoing Hong Kong chief Donald Tsang in February, would roll back democratic freedoms.
“We don’t want the Chinese government to be in charge of us,” university student Catherine Booldown said as she took part in the march.
Lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung added: “If there is still one-party rule in China, we will still be marching.”
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, died when the Chinese government sent in tanks and soldiers to clear the square in central Beijing on the night of June 3-4, 1989, and end six weeks of unprecedented pro-democracy protests.
An official Chinese Communist Party verdict after the Tiananmen protests branded the movement a “counter-revolutionary rebellion,” although the wording has since been softened.
Hong Kong was a British colony until it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997 as a semi-autonomous territory with its own mini constitution that guarantees basic rights and freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland.
Source AP
THE MARCH ON TIANAMEN WAS SEW SQUARE THAT I SWEAR I WAS ALMOST THERE JUST LIKE DOWN IN WASHINGTON!! JUST CALL MEE GUMP, FOREST GUMP! WINK 🙂
I’M THINKING OF ORGANIZING ANOTHER MARCH ON WASHINGTON WITH A GROUP OF WHITE UNDER AND UNEMPLOYED FOLKS AND PICKETING IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE!! WHAT DUE YOU THINK TANK ABOUT THAT HERITAGE FOUNDATION, REVERSE DISCRIMINATION AND DIVERSITY INITIATIVE FOR MINORITIES WHO ARE REALLY THE MAJORITY AND GETTING ANYHING AND EVERYTHING FOR FREE? LOADEMUP ON THE GREYHOUND BUS BOYS!! AND TO QUOTE ONE OF MAI ALL TIME FAVE ACTORS JACKIE GLEASON “AND AWAY WEI GO!!”
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Hundreds of pro-democracy activists marched through central Hong Kong yesterday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. Activists marched to the government headquarters in the first of a series of planned events marking the anniversary in the southern Chinese city. Hong Kong was a British colony until it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997 as a semi-autonomous territory with its own mini constitution that guarantees basic rights and freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland.
REALLY, I AM SEW GLAD YUE DUE! THEN, PLEASE TELL MEE, WHAT IS MEI POINT? TO HAVE BREAKFAST IN BED WITH YUE IN BERMUDA?? LOL
I remember it like yesterday….mainly because I watched while enjoying breakfast in bed in Bermuda with someone I used to know.
But really the white rally will bring the statistics benders out of the woodwork….so do it….nothing like a strong woman with a cause! Cause I believe you have a point.