Now also in Hong Kong: China has the commemoration of the Tiananmen massacre censored – foreign policy

by time news December 27, 2021

December 27, 2021

The Chinese regime erases everything that reminds one of Beijing’s crimes – also in Hong Kong.

A democracy monument was removed from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Thursday night: The “goddess of democracy” was modeled on a statue that demonstrators held on March 3rd and 4th. Demonstrated for freedom in Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square on June 6th, 1989.

Photo: Kin Cheung / AP

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The statue “Goddess of Democracy” 2010 in Victoria Park in Hong Kong – a replica was removed from the building of the Chinese University of Hong Kong by security authorities on ThursdayPhoto: Kin Cheung / AP

The Chinese regime brutally destroyed the demonstration with tanks in 1989, killing up to 2,600 people.

Since then, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has tried to suppress and erase any memory of the massacre – most recently it even became an episode of the popular US animated series “Simpsons” censored in Chinathat made the massacre its content.

► The “Goddess of Democracy” statue is just one of three monuments at Hong Kong universities that have been removed in the past few days. Previously, the “Pillar of Shame” (in German: Pillar of Shame) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) was removed in a night-and-fog operation by the security authorities.

Mitten in der Nacht wurde die Statue „Säule der Schande“ aus der University of Hong Kong entfernt

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In the middle of the night, the “Pillar of Shame” statue was removed from the University of Hong KongFoto: Lam Chun Tung/AP

The victims of the massacre were commemorated with the “Pillar of Shame”: The eight meter high installation by a Danish artist shows screaming faces and torn bodies, including the inscription: “The old cannot kill the young forever.”

Die „Säule der Schande“ an ihrem ehemaligen Standort in der University of Hong Kong

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The “Pillar of Shame” at its former location in the University of Hong KongPhoto: Kin Cheung / AP

A wall relief in memory of the Tian’anmen massacre was removed from Lingnan University, and a red picture of the “goddess of democracy” statue was painted over with gray paint in the building of the hour replacement.

A university spokesman justified the eradication of the memory of the bloody massacre at Lingnan University by saying that “things have recently been checked and assessed on campus that could pose a legal and safety risk to the university community. In the best interests of the university, the objects in question were cleared or removed and properly stored. “

The Hong Kong universities are evidently fearful of the “National Security Law”, which regulates very vaguely what is still allowed in Hong Kong and what is not.

The law, which was heavily criticized internationally, came into force in the summer of last year. With this, Beijing has been fully enforcing its dictatorship in Hong Kong since June 2020; criticism of the regime is de facto prohibited.

▶ ︎ Democracy activists like Joshua Wong have been arrested and have been in prison for months. The last democratic newspaper “Apple Daily” printed its last issue on June 23, 2021 due to safety concerns about its employees.

On Sunday, the Chinese regime staged fully controlled elections in Hong Kong for the first time: only hand-picked patriotic candidates were allowed to run for election. Although the new security law even prohibits calls for election boycotts, voter turnout was historically low: only 30.2 percent of those eligible to vote cast their votes – an impressive protest against the election staged by Beijing.

Now also in Hong Kong: China has the commemoration of the Tiananmen massacre censored – foreign policy

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