On June 4, 1989, the Chinese government sent in troops to crush a weeks-long protest at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Protesters were calling for democracy, greater accountability and more freedoms. The government’s response shocked the world.
Hong Kong activists and members of the public have held events to remember the crackdown every year since, but recently there has been increasing pressure not to do so.
Twenty-nine years on, a survivor of the crackdown and a long-time activist talk about why they think it’s important that Hongkongers and the world do not forget what happened.
(Photo: AFP)
