Participants hold candles during a vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, for the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in front of a large banner showing the Beijing demonstrations. Many of those who attended nurse hopes for a democratic China. Photo: AFP Participants hold candles during a vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, for the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in front of a large banner showing the Beijing demonstrations. Many of those who attended nurse hopes for a democratic China. Photo: AFP
Participants hold candles during a vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, for the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in front of a large banner showing the Beijing demonstrations. Many of those who attended nurse hopes for a democratic China. Photo: AFP
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June 4 rallies reveal deep divisions in Hong Kong

Sonny Lo considers the radically different views among groups of Hongkongers towards both the Tiananmen crackdown 27 years ago, and Hong Kong’s relationship with mainland China today

Topic |   June 4 vigil in Hong Kong
Sonny Lo
Sonny Lo

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Participants hold candles during a vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, for the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in front of a large banner showing the Beijing demonstrations. Many of those who attended nurse hopes for a democratic China. Photo: AFP Participants hold candles during a vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, for the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in front of a large banner showing the Beijing demonstrations. Many of those who attended nurse hopes for a democratic China. Photo: AFP
Participants hold candles during a vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, for the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in front of a large banner showing the Beijing demonstrations. Many of those who attended nurse hopes for a democratic China. Photo: AFP
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