Hong Kong commemorates China's Tiananmen massacre on 29th anniversary

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Hong Kong late Monday for a candlelight vigil commemorating the victims of a bloody military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 29 years ago.Hong Kong played a role in facilitating the escape of some student leaders fleeing Beijing following the crackdown and remains the only place on Chinese soil allowed to hold large-scale commemorations of the victims every year since 1989."No matter how impossible it seems, we must persevere, in hope that China will one day have democracy," said a 61-year-old retiree who…READ FULL ARTICLE