Activists are sent on enforced holidays, online events are shut down, and security tightens around the Beijing square. In 2020 and again this year Hong Kong authorities cited anti-pandemic measures to ban such events. Hong Kong police have about 3,000 riot response officers on standby in case anyone attempts to gather on Friday, according to local media. Photograph: Kin Cheung/APAs Hong Kong became a sanctuary for those who fled the mainland, Taiwan has now taken in many who have fled Hong Kong. “In some ways online events aren’t entirely a bad thing,” said Badiucao, a Chinese-Australian artist whose work frequently centres on the massacre, and who will speak at two online events.

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2021 04:18 UTC