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China Stifles Tiananmen Square Vigil

China Stifles Tiananmen Square Vigil

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From Al Jazeera's official YouTube channel:



https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/4/hong-kong-police-out-in-force-to-prevent-tiananmen-commemoration

Hong Kong police out in force to prevent Tiananmen commemoration

Thousands of police were deployed in Hong Kong on Friday and the organiser of the territory’s now-banned annual vigil of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown arrested, as the authorities tried to prevent people from gathering for any kind of remembrance of the events of 1989.

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Fun fact: If you look up the word "repression" in this crossword puzzle site, you get the following definition and examples:

https://www.the-crossword-solver.com/word/put+down+by+force

Definition of repress
block the action of; put down by force or intimidation;

"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

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So much for "One country, two systems", the poor people.