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Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
![Chan Long Hei Counter Terrorism Unit patrol in the Causeway Bay area on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7f8c70bb7ac947948fbe85358de5f976/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Counter Terrorism Unit patrol in the Causeway Bay area on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Chiang Ying-Ying A flag flutters with a slogan reading ''Hong Kong Independence'' during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e633102dba68441788b7a8909cc01181/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A flag flutters with a slogan reading ''Hong Kong Independence'' during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
![Ng Han Guan Chinese paramilitary policemen stand on duty at the flag pole near the Monument to the People's Heroes on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c9bd915a3e6c49319e9aaa9d1e871889/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Chinese paramilitary policemen stand on duty at the flag pole near the Monument to the People's Heroes on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth A protester holds a placard and an LED candle during a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/38bd1511a23042259905d27d68bd1f01/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A protester holds a placard and an LED candle during a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
![Chiang Ying-Ying Participants attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5c36b9cb14044bd9b132a6842c0ad587/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Participants attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth A Demonstrator holds a placard as protesters gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1aff759ba92b4d92b0cf0743f86ff340/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Demonstrator holds a placard as protesters gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
![Chan Long Hei Pro-Beijing market at the Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/624e668f32de456aa7a681700f76f503/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Pro-Beijing market at the Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Chiang Ying-Ying Participants attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/241af06e8f794a77ac5938d561ad49ea/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Participants attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
![Andy Wong A man pushes a bicycle past by a police van stationed at a bridge along the Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders. But outside the country, commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the 1989 bloodletting, in which government troops opened fire on pro-democracy protesters resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, dead. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/195c74bb4fee42219c52152aee183387/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A man pushes a bicycle past by a police van stationed at a bridge along the Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders. But outside the country, commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the 1989 bloodletting, in which government troops opened fire on pro-democracy protesters resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, dead. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
![Chan Long Hei People hold smartphone with flash light near Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0c6a35d5600c43d7bc318acb3532e65a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People hold smartphone with flash light near Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Chan Long Hei Police officers stand guard in the Causeway Bay area on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/360ed64c83484bcdb6f69e8e1e1c1f1a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police officers stand guard in the Causeway Bay area on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Chan Long Hei Candles are lit inside the windows of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e67eac4b853446f0a12def697e813a0f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Candles are lit inside the windows of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Didi Tang People gather at the base of the Victims of Communism Memorial during a candlelight vigil to mark the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square, Tuesday, June 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/02946043e7e24a689cc3396ee16b7fd0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People gather at the base of the Victims of Communism Memorial during a candlelight vigil to mark the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square, Tuesday, June 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth Protesters turn on their cell phone flashlights s they gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3e194aca37d64646a492d369fa63fe1f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protesters turn on their cell phone flashlights s they gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth Protesters turn on their cell phone flashlights s they gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/87de26c68f944a6fbd292057f97ab5fd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protesters turn on their cell phone flashlights s they gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
![Andy Wong A man walks by a security and a policeman sit inside a police van stationed at a bridge along the Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders. But outside the country, commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the 1989 bloodletting, in which government troops opened fire on pro-democracy protesters resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, dead. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d62171e4d4de43179a732ea5a38ecbf4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A man walks by a security and a policeman sit inside a police van stationed at a bridge along the Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders. But outside the country, commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the 1989 bloodletting, in which government troops opened fire on pro-democracy protesters resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, dead. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
![Chan Long Hei Police officers detained a resident in Causeway Bay area on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/930a345ae61a4e489489210dd64d3e1a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police officers detained a resident in Causeway Bay area on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth Protesters turn on their cell phone flashlights s they gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2b1f96decabf40b5839b572fd764f962/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protesters turn on their cell phone flashlights s they gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
![Chan Long Hei Police officers stop and search people near Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/def14ce5a9a9418cb12e680a82cf2bdd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police officers stop and search people near Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
![Ng Han Guan Police officers watch over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. As Beijing's toughened political stance effectively extinguished any large-scale commemorations within its borders, overseas commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the Tiananmen crackdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/81f10256bf8943478ea1ca670466973d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police officers watch over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. As Beijing's toughened political stance effectively extinguished any large-scale commemorations within its borders, overseas commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the Tiananmen crackdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A Chinese paramilitary policeman watches over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. As Beijing's toughened political stance effectively extinguished any large-scale commemorations within its borders, overseas commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the Tiananmen crackdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/62e550a817844f458f188dbe8b0a3a91/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Chinese paramilitary policeman watches over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. As Beijing's toughened political stance effectively extinguished any large-scale commemorations within its borders, overseas commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the Tiananmen crackdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Chiang Ying-Ying A participant holds a candle with a slogan reading ''Rampant Human Rights'' during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1e4ea520be63464dba9e1ebd59dc2a92/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A participant holds a candle with a slogan reading ''Rampant Human Rights'' during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
![Ng Han Guan A woman stands near a police vehicle on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/328f2ed3d0bc492ebc6cdb09055374b9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman stands near a police vehicle on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth A Demonstrator holds a placard as protesters gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cfbaac1560d94e38a3e7ef09ac6e858c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Demonstrator holds a placard as protesters gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
![Kirsty Wigglesworth A Demonstrator holds a placard as protesters gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/06826b5307504d23a65f51c6dd5963c9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Demonstrator holds a placard as protesters gather for a Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and China's Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches at the Chinese embassy in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)