A performance artist was taken away by police in Hong Kong on the eve of the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary as security remains tight in the city.
A performance artist was detained in Hong Kong on the eve of the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary as security remains tight in the city.
Police said officers took Chen to a police station because they found him causing chaos at the scene.The Chinese Communist Party has never revealed how many people were killed when tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square and opened fire after weeks of pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Despite the attempts to stifle the memory of the massacre, overseas Chinese communities are determined to keep it alive.Mr Chen, who witnessed the crackdown as a university graduate in Beijing, recalled tanks and soldiers closing in on protesters.Mr Chen said Beijing has never disclosed any information about the military's actions on that day.
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