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defrogYesterday was the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. And last night they had the annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to remember it.
Turnout was said to be around 150,000 – not as high as last year’s record 180,000, but then they did cut the vigil short this year because of heavy rain.
And in any case, it’s remarkable that the June 4 vigil has drawn six-figure attendance for the past five years. For context, when I first came to Hong Kong in 1996, a turnout of 50,000 was considered impressive.
In Beijing, meanwhile, of course there is no such thing as June 4. Even on the Internet, they’re going to serious extremes to make sure anything June 4 related gets censored.
They’re even blocking searches for “big yellow duck” in case people see this.
No punch line necessary, I think. And it wouldn’t be funny anyway.
Nothing to see here,
This is dF
Turnout was said to be around 150,000 – not as high as last year’s record 180,000, but then they did cut the vigil short this year because of heavy rain.
And in any case, it’s remarkable that the June 4 vigil has drawn six-figure attendance for the past five years. For context, when I first came to Hong Kong in 1996, a turnout of 50,000 was considered impressive.
In Beijing, meanwhile, of course there is no such thing as June 4. Even on the Internet, they’re going to serious extremes to make sure anything June 4 related gets censored.
They’re even blocking searches for “big yellow duck” in case people see this.
No punch line necessary, I think. And it wouldn’t be funny anyway.
Nothing to see here,
This is dF
