04-06-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com

Thousands join Hong Kong vigil for Tiananmen Square anniversary

By J.R. Wu and Katy WongTAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong on Sunday for a candlelight vigil to mark the 28th anniversary of China's crackdown on pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tianamen Square, while Taiwan urged China to make a transition to full democracy.Nearly three decades after Beijing sent tanks and troops to quell the 1989 student-led protests, Chinese authorities ban any public commemoration of the event on the mainland and hav
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