25th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown

Our topic this week is the events of June 4th in Tiananmen Square 25 years ago and how they are being commemorated, and how, 25 years on, there are attempts to dim or even suppress the memory of these events. First, while Hong Kong has long been seen as a beacon for public remembrance of the June 4th crackdown, there are also those in Taiwan who are determined not to let it be forgotten. We filmed commemoration events there and talked to China specialist Perry Link While writers and historians like Perry Link, and Chinese communities worldwide are determined not to forget what happened in June in Beijing 25 years ago, mainland China of course is the centre of denial. And this year, even in Hong Kong’s streets, the deniers were out. Well, the protests have been going on for 25 years, in all weathers, in all temperatures and in all changing political climates. We end by looking back on this long history of June 4th commemorations.
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