A Victoria Park Without Candlelight: Silence and Unfading Memory
Each 4 June, Victoria Park was Hong Kong’s beacon of memory. For decades, tens of thousands gathered, candles in hand,…
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Hong Kong’s June Fourth Memory: Commemorative Sites Beyond Victoria Park
While Victoria Park’s candlelight vigils are central to Hong Kong’s commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident, residents have preserved…
Victoria Park Candlelight Vigils: Hong Kong’s Flame of Memory
On 4 June 1989, the violent clearance of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square shocked the world. In Hong Kong, grief-stricken residents marched…
Tiananmen Square 1989: Causes, Events, and Hong Kong’s Memory
In the 1980s, China’s economic reforms drove growth, but political rigidity, corruption, social inequality, and restricted speech sparked widespread discontent….
Tiananmen Square 1989: A Retrospective on Causes, Events, and Outcomes
In the 1980s, China underwent rapid economic reforms, but political stagnation, corruption, social inequality, and restrictions on free speech fuelled…