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"Two more Hong Kong universities have removed works of art marking
Beijing’s deadly 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square democracy
protesters, as authorities move to erase memorials to the event.
The removals come a day after Hong Kong’s oldest university took down a
statue named the Pillar of Shame, commemorating the events of 1989,
sparking outcry by activists and dissident artists in the city and abroad.
Hong Kong used to be the one place in China where mass remembrance of
Tiananmen was still tolerated, with thousands gathering each year to
mourn the hundreds of democracy protesters killed by Chinese troops in 1989.
The city’s university campuses have sustained the memory of the
crackdown, with statues commemorating the events a vivid illustration of
the freedoms the semi-autonomous territory enjoyed.
But early on Friday, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) removed
the Goddess of Democracy from its campus."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "seems Xi “Winnie the Pooh” Jinping is scared
of a couple of statues; hardly a great steersman…"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
