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VIIV Archive video: Chinese troops open fire on protesters at Tiananmen Square

Watch the video at https://youtu.be/kMKvxJ-Js3A

You might have heard of what happened in Beijing on 4th June 1989. The People's Liberation Army troops opened fire at peaceful prostesters. The injured and dead were sent to hospitals by every means possible. Not many journalists were in the country at that time. 'Tell the world', the protestors told the journalist in desperation.

4th June 1989 is the time where #democracy in China died. Have you watched any videos of it?

After what happened in Hong Kong, this video may help you draw some parallels.

#6431Truth #CCP
#TiananmenSquareMassacre
#FightForFreedom
#NeverForgetNeverForgive
Tiananmen Square Massacre After 31 Years

June 4 in 1989, it is an unforgettable date for all people having conscience. Yet, it is one of the days buried by the Chinese government.

For 31 years, the CCP has buried the truth about Tiananmen Square massacre. The messages given to the Chinese people are: the mass movement never took place; those peaceful protesters were thugs; and only the party can maintain social order and make you rich.

The party keeps using the laws about subversion of state power to deny citizens their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and of demonstration. Dissidents have been silenced, killed or, like me, forced into exile. Given dictators always put their political interests above justice and human rights, they are not ashamed to distort the truth and obliterate any dissent.

We Hong Kongers have persistently mourned June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre for 31 years. It is because we believe that our future generations deserve to know the truth, and we bear the responsibility to redress the grievance.

The truth is that, as people all over the world saw what exactly happened that midnight: tanks crushed and soldiers gunned down unarmed civilians in the streets. Many Hong Kongers emigrated before 1997 out of the fear brought by that massacre.

After 31 years, the same thing happens, but in Hong Kong this time. Following the passing of the new national security law, the mass gathered in Victoria Park, the symbol of the territory’s autonomy. But the assembly has been banned for the first time.

The CCP interferes with the affairs of Hong Kong to the extent that the principle of “One Country, Two Systems” is de facto abolished. Will another massacre like that in Tiananmen Square take place in Hong Kong? The fact is that the CCP has not learnt anything from Tiananmen Square massacre, what it is planning to do is to suppress dissent.

Nowadays in 2020, people could keep eyes on global critical news through Internet. Would the world just ignore the insane crack down in Hong Kong? The world shall pay attention on that and understand the character of the CCP. Otherwise, the world would suffer from the outcome caused by the CCP, Covid-19 is the latest example of that. If you do not want it happens again, please voice for Hong Kong and voice for freedom to make them understand that they cannot control everyone’s mind. This is a good chance for the world to gather together and stop another #massacre that may well happen this century.

#HongKong #CCP #FreedomOfSpeech #FightForFreedom
#TiananmenSquareMassacre

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/04/china-crush-dissent-in-hong-kong-tiananmen-square#maincontent

Further reading:
https://amp.dw.com/en/opinion-tiananmen-has-always-served-as-a-moral-to-learn-from/a-53672193?__twitter_impression=true
#Interview

4 June Kwun Tong Review-
Taiwanese overseas students hope to stand with Hongkongers.
Hongkongers: our obligations to fight for our city.


(05 Jun) Last night was 31st anniversary of “64 incident”(Tiananmen Square Massacre). It was the first unapproved memorial ceremony held by Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. Citizens gathered in different districts to mourn. We had an interview with two university students and their friends who were attending the memorial ceremony in Kwun Tong Promenade. “Ar Peer” wearing in black is a Taiwanese student in HKU. Her schoolmate, Kelly, was her first time attending the “64” memorial ceremony.

“Ar Peer” is year one university student. She said she knew the incident of Tiananmen Sqaure Massacre from her teachers in Taiwan and she has watched a special report about this on TV. In her high school, her schoolmates didn’t keen on politics. That’s why she hasn’t attended any memorial ceremonies related to Tiananmen Sqaure Massacre. She started to provide attention to politics and urged to participate in more political activities when she came to Hong Kong for studies. She thinks Hongkonger take Tiananmen Square Massacre’s memorial more serious than Taiwanese. After the anti-ELAB movement, freedom in Hong Kong is narrowing down gradually. She lamented the suppression of the memorial ceremonies this year. During her studies at Hong Kong university, she met different Hong Kong students and could feel how Hongkongers care about their society. Under the influence of actions of Hongkongers, she hopes to stay with Hongkongers.

Her friend, Kelly, said she was worried that she wouldn’t to have a chance to join the Tiananmen Square Massacre memorial ceremonies anymore because of the restriction from the National Security Law. She was hoping to attend when she still has some freedom. She started to participate in the social movement last year. Even though, in the future, the suppression may increase. She thinks she still has the obligation to continue to fight. “If it is not you, then it will be the others. Just about timing. And your willingness to participate.”

Source: City Broadcasting Channel
https://bit.ly/3fc8KOx

#TiananmenSquareMassacre #HongKongProtesters #Taiwan #GlobalSupport #StandWithHK
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Activision removes Tiananmen Square Massacre footage in Call of Duty trailer as China expresses distaste

(25 Aug) American video game publisher Activision has officially released a trailer for “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”. It has triggered a massive uproar despite being a trailer.

The trailer, by means of interviewing an ex-KGB agent from former-Soviet Union, shows various historic clips involving crackdowns in different places.

Sharp-eyed netizens found out one scene is from the Tiananmen Square protests, Chinese students, demanding freedom and democracy, climbed onto armored vehicles. Thought the trailer is simply illustrating the historical background, but the Tiananmen Square Massacre is a well-known taboo within the Chinese government. So the trailer has been quickly blocked and deleted in China.

Activision sees things aren’t going right, so they have the original trailer removed and uploaded a 1 minute version, shorter than the original 2 minutes one. The re-uploaded version has Tiananmen clips removed. The trailer removal involves the whole world, trailer on the official Youtube and Xbox channel has also been replaced.

Luckily game media like IGN, Gamespot have backed up the “disappeared” trailer.

This is not the first time “Call of Duty” crossing China’s redline. The older title “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” has been banned from all Internet café in China due to having scenes of bombing Chinese cities.

The Chinese technological giant Tencent owns 5% stock of Activision Blizzard, Activision’s parent company. It’s not a huge amount, but it’s undeniable that Activision Blizzard relies on Chinese market. Editor of kotaku mentioned he “understands releasing trailers in China requires special review. All media there are under strict control (including cooperative partners). This is the cost for doing business with China. But if there is a need to put down trailers from all around the world, you may need to pay more in the end.”

Source: 4gamers

#CallofDuty #censorship #TiananmenSquareMassacre #China
Former Chinese Staff of Zoom Wanted by FBI for Monitoring and Sabotaging Video Conferences Concerning the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre and Hong Kong Protests
 
A former Chinese staff of Zoom, a video conference software company, was charged by federal prosecutors from the US Department of Justice on December 18th for sabotaging and disrupting video conferences concerning the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre. The staff was a 39-year-old man named Xinjiang Jin who was based in China. Jin and his associates had allegedly sent IP addresses and email addresses of the video conference participants, as well as conference passwords and other sensitive data directly to Chinese law enforcement agencies. FBI also revealed case-related emails indicating Jin was monitoring conferences for China, including those related to Hong Kong protests. Jin is currently wanted by the FBI. 
 
#US #China #Zoom #FBI #XinjiangJin #June4th #TiananmenSquareMassacre #HongKongProtest
 
Source: Stand News #Dec19

https://bit.ly/3pLdIra
#Court #PoliticalPrisoner
#JoshuaWong: Don't Let the World Change Us

In almost 2 years since the Anti-ELAB movement broke out in 2019, Hong Kong's representative figures of the pro-democracy "resistance" camp are either in jail or in exile.

Among them, former lawmaker #EddieChu, former journalist #GywnethHo, district councillors #LesterShum and #TiffanyYuen have been detained and denied bail since late February 2021. They are among the 47 pro-democracy activists arrested for joining the primary election in 2020.

Former chair of #Demisisto #NathanLaw and former spokesman for the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation (#HKIAD) #SunnyCheung have to sever ties with their family in Hong Kong and live in exile.

On March 30, 2021, district councillor #JannelleLeung and activist Joshua Wong, alongside Shum and Yuen, were trialed for taking part in an "unauthorised assembly" on #June4 in Victoria Park in 2020.

They were among 24 pro-democracy figures who were charged for participating in the annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the victims of the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre in Beijing. The vigil was for the first time banned by the Hong Kong police in 2020. It is still uncertain that whether the annual rally could be held in 2021.

The four pro-democracy activists admitted to joining the rally and were remanded in custody. In the courtroom, Joshua Wong yelled, "Even if we cannot change the world, don't let the world change us."

The 24-year-old Wong is currently serving his sentence for surrounding the police headquarters during the #AntiELAB protest, while being additionally charged with other offences connecting to the primary election and June 4th #vigil.

Source: Stand News #Mar30
https://bit.ly/333JeXD

#PoliticalSuppression #PoliceState #47Democrats
#TonyeeChow #Court
Hong Kong Judge Questions Arrested Pro-democracy Barrister: Can You Access Internet in Jail?

Barrister Tonyee Chow Hang-tung is a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong and the former Vice Chairperson of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. The now-disbanded Alliance was known for organizing the annual June 4 vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the victims of the Tianamen Square Massacre in Beijing in 1989.

She was arrested for state subversion by the Hong Kong authority.

The authority accused her of calling on citizens to participate in June 4th commemorative event in 2020, which was banned by the government. Chow was charged with "inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly".

The case was heard in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts by Judge Chan Wai-mun on October 5, 2021.

Chow, who has been detained since her arrest, stated that she would defend herself and make her own statement. She will argue whether it is constitutional to restrict the dispute to freedom and whether the related article she disseminsted can ce considered as an "incitement".

Due to the limited resources she has when on remand, Chow asked for one to two weeks' time for preparation.

The Judge then questioned her, “Where did you find the law books in jail? Can you access Internet?” The query made citizens attending the session laughed.

Chow responded that she would rely on her professional knowledge of law and seek help from friends.

Source: Stand News #Oct5
https://bit.ly/2ZXtBCZ

#June4 #HKASPDMC #Vigil #TiananmenSquareMassacre #Internet #ChowHangTung #CivilSociety #Law #Alliance
"Why? This is my duty": #June4 Banner appears in Hong Kong despite suppression

Source: InMedia #June4

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"Why? This is my duty": #June4 Banner appears in Hong Kong despite suppression

June 4, 2022 marks 33 years since the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre in Beijing. At the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), a banner that read "Why? [Because] This is my duty" was displayed on a fence outside of the dormitory of New Asia College. The image and quote on the banner was taken from a BBC documentary of the Tiananmen Massacre.

The scene from the documentary, in which the student gave the quoted answer in English, can be viewed on BBC News Chinese: https://youtu.be/ExqqdUXXdgA?t=69

By 1am, however, the banner was removed after the campus security took a photo.

In addition, it was reported that a flashmob activity to "look for the Statue of the Goddess of Democracy" was briefly held at midnight on CUHK campus. Handbills that read "Missing: Goddess of Democracy" were posted around the New Asia College and the United College, but by 6am, all of them were removed by campus security.

The Statue of the Goddess of Democracy had previously been on display at CUHK for 11 years, commemorating the 1989 pro-democracy movement in China and the victims of the brutal crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) government. It was removed by the university authority without notice on Christmas eve of 2021.

Source: InMedia #June4
https://bit.ly/3zjdDmo

#Remembrance #NeverForget #Duty