Hong Kong protesters demand China account for Tiananmen crackdown
Hong Kong and Macau are the only places on Chinese soil where the June 3 1989 massacre is commemorated each year
Hong Kong — Thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday as part of annual demonstrations demanding that China be held accountable for its democracy crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago. Human rights groups and witnesses say that hundreds, perhaps thousands, died in the bloodshed as Chinese tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square and soldiers fired on student-led democracy protesters, beginning on the night of June 3 1989. The Tiananmen crackdown is a taboo subject in China and authorities have refused to accept full accountability or release the death toll. In 2019, for the 30th anniversary, censors at Chinese internet companies say that tools to detect and block content related to the 1989 crackdown have reached unprecedented levels of accuracy, aided by machine learning and voice and image recognition. Hong Kong and Macau are the only places on Chinese soil where the event is commemorated each year, while the democratic island of Taiwan al...
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