HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong park that for decades hosted a candlelight vigil to remember China's bloody 1989 Tiananmen crackdown will sit empty Saturday as a far-reaching security law crushes hopes of holding memorial events across the city.
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Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen vigil used to draw huge crowds. The image on the left shows Victoria Park in 2021, and the other image shows the vigil in 2019 before the pandemic and the implementation of the national security law. (Source photo by Reuters)
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