24-12-2021 04:22 via theguardian.com

Two Hong Kong universities remove Tiananmen artworks after Pillar of Shame dismantled

CUHK’s Goddess of Democracy and a sculpture at Lingnan University were removed overnight as authorities pursue the erasure of memory of massacreTwo more Hong Kong universities have removed sculptures marking Beijing’s deadly 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square democracy protesters, as authorities move to erase memorials to the event.The removals come a day after Hong Kong’s oldest university took down a statue named the Pillar of Shame, commemorating the events of 1989, sparking
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