(4 Jun 2024)
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Hong Kong – 4 June 2024
1. Various of flameless candles flickering outside the US Consulate in Hong Kong
2. Zoom in of a person taking photos on their phone
3. Various of candles lit outside consulate
4. Pan from photographers to consulate
5. Various of candles in consulate windows
STORYLINE:
Rows of flameless candles flickered in the windows of the US Consulate in Hong Kong on Tuesday to mark the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
China has heightened security on the day, setting up checkpoints and deploying police vehicles on a major road leading to the square in Beijing.
China has long quashed any memory of the killings, when the Chinese government ordered in the army to end the monthslong protests and uphold Communist rule.
An estimated 180,000 troops and armed police rolled in with tanks and armored vehicles, and fired into crowds as they pushed toward Tiananmen Square.
The death toll remains unknown to this day.
Hundreds, if not thousands are believed to have been killed in an operation that started the night before and ended on the morning of June 4, 1989.
The crackdown became a turning point in modern Chinese history, ending a crisis in favor of Communist Party hardliners who advocated for control instead of political reforms.
Across China, the event remains a sensitive and taboo subject that is heavily censored, and any mention or reference on social media is erased.
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