Sanmu Chen appeared to write the date of massacre in the air as anniversary becomes increasingly sensitive in Hong KongHong Kong police detained an artist on Monday night after he appeared to write “8964” in the air with his hand, a reference to the date of the Tiananmen Square massacre, hours before Tuesday’s 35th anniversary.Public acknowledgment of the events of 4 June 1989, when Chinese soldiers shut down a weeks-long peaceful protest with violence, killing anything from several hundred to several thousand people – is banned in mainland China and increasingly sensitive in Hong Kong. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-anniversary-hong-kong-police-arrests-artist-sanmu-chen
Author : Helen Davidson in Taipei
Publish date : 2024-06-04 23:37:37
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Tiananmen Square anniversary: Hong Kong police detain artist who made sign in the air
