For the first time since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacres, there will be no formal commemoration for the June 4 anniversary in the Chinese-speaking world.
32 years after the bloody crackdown on Beijing’s student protests in favor of democratic reforms, the strange combination of government censorship and anti-Covid-19 restrictions will guarantee no physical encounters in China, Hong Kong and Macao, and lastly Taiwan. free bulwark. The memory of the tragic events of 32 years ago has never been allowed in China, where the topic has been officially censored and the approach of the anniversary has always brought a tightening on the safety of the square and on social networks in Mandarin, where words are banned sensitive, numbers, photographs, symbols, emojis and anything that could be a vague reference to Tiananmen. The appeal to the truth of the ‘mothers of Tiananmen’ becomes more and more feeble with the passage of time.
Beijing’s efforts against memorial moments have extended to Hong Kong, once the only place on Chinese soil where people could remember the Tiananmen victims, proudly claiming since 1990 the largest of only two vigils allowed on Chinese soil. . The latest lawyer was held two years ago in Hong Kong and Macao: in 2020, as well as for this year, the ban was mainly due to anti-pandemic measures. Thousands of people gathered in Victoria Park in 2020 in defiance of the bans, but now the authorities of the former British colony have, under the national security law, launched a crackdown on the most illustrious participants for an unauthorized demonstration, hitting activists like Joshua Wong, Lee Cheuk Yan and Albert Ho. L’ The city security office made it clear earlier this week that anyone who takes part in a vigil or promotes it could face up to five years in prison, citing both public anti-gathering ordinances and the national security law. According to local media, the police have decided to deploy around 3,000 riot officers. Also during the week, the “June 4” museum was closed three days after the end of the renovations, denounced the Hong Kong Alliance, the association that ‘takes care’ of the memory of the massacre and the vigil that annually involved thousands of people. According to local media, the police have decided to deploy around 3,000 riot officers. Also during the week, the “June 4” museum was closed three days after the end of the renovations, denounced the Hong Kong Alliance, the association that ‘takes care’ of the memory of the massacre and the vigil that annually involved thousands of people. According to local media, the police have decided to deploy around 3,000 riot officers. Also during the week, the “June 4” museum was closed three days after the end of the renovations, denounced the Hong Kong Alliance, the association that ‘takes care’ of the memory of the massacre and the vigil that annually involved thousands of people.
For this reason, “given the circumstances, cry on June 4th in your own way, at the right time and in the right place, so that the truth does not disappear!”, The Alliance has relaunched, starting the race for alternative initiatives. Cardinal Joseph Zen, on the other hand, wrote on Twitter that he would commemorate the victims with a mass, also broadcast in streaming. In Taiwan, due to the sudden surge in Covid there will be no events due to the restriction to 10 participants in outdoor meetings. An alliance of 30 island groups announced an online event for Friday and the installation of a large LED screen with anniversary messages in Taipei’s Freedom Square. “In some ways online events are not entirely a bad thing,” wrote Badiucao. a Sino-Australian artist whose work is often centered on the massacre and who will speak at two virtual events. “I believe that new forms must be invented, especially in this period of so many uncertainties”.
