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>From TheIndependent (UK)
> Tiananmen ten years on - 70,000 in Hong Kong protest
>
> By Stephen Vines in Hong Kong
>
> WHILE security forces on the Chinese mainland ensured there would be
> no mass gathering to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen
> Square massacre yesterday, officials in Hong Kong did nothing to stop
> the traditional rally marking the event.
>
> However, Hong Kong authorities remain unhappy at this mass display of
> defiance and banned 11 exiled dissidents from entering the territory
> to take part.
>
> "In [China's] 9 million square miles, this is the only place you can
> hold an open rally," said Szeto Wah, a leader of Hong Kong's democracy
> movement.
>
> The Tiananmen anniversary rally is an annual event in Hong Kong and
> yesterday's candlelit vigil was the biggest yet. Organisers claimed an
> attendance of 70,000, with numbers swelled because of the significance
> of the 10th anniversary.
>
> The mood was sombre as people of all ages and social classes listened
> to speeches, sang patriotic songs and shouted slogans denouncing the
> government in Peking. Many of the participants had not attended any of
> the previous rallies. The Democratic Party leader, Martin Lee, said:
> "I'm happy to see so many parents bringing their young children to
> pass on to the next generation the truth about the massacre."
>
> Although emotions ran high at the vigil, opinion polls suggest that a
> growing number of people - albeit a minority -would prefer to put
> Tiananmen behind them.
>
> The Hong Kong government is committed to introducing anti-subversion
> legislation, which would probably outlaw rallies such as yesterday's,
> but it is proceeding with caution because of the backlash such laws
> would provoke.
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