

Opinion
SCMP Columnist
Cliff Buddle
June 4 vigil is Hong Kong’s canary in a coal mine. Will it survive Beijing’s national security law?
- The candlelight vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, a bellwether for Hong Kong’s freedoms, is banned this year. Will it ever return?
- The city’s response to the crackdown was seen as subversive and prompted Beijing to adopt a more hardline approach to the drafting of the Basic Law. Those effects are still being felt today
Cliff Buddle
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Updated: 7:30am, 4 Jun, 2020
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