Hong Kong newspapers from June 5, 1989, reporting the Tiananmen Square China uprising, are pictured during a press preview at the Tiananmen June 4th Memorial permanent exhibition which opened June 2 in Manhattan, New York. (Reuters)
In this June 4, 2019, file photo, thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing. (Associated Press)
A view of Victoria Park, where a carnival organized by pro-Beijing groups to mark the city's 1997 handover to China has replaced scenes of people rallying for democracy on the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Activist Leo Tang is taken away by police near Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Visitors pose for photos at the carnival held by pro-China groups, taking place where the candlelight vigil used to be held, ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Reuters)
Police detain a woman with paper flowers in downtown Hong Kong, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Reuters)
People leave messages during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, June 4, 2023, to mark the 34th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (Associated Press)
People in Taipei, Taiwan, take part in an event marking the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Reuters)
People take photos of a replica of the “Pillar of Shame” during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
A banner depicting the Pillar of Shame is displayed during a protest at the Trafalgar Square in London, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Exile Tibetans enact an iconic image popularly known as the Tank Man as they mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest in 1989 and the subsequent clampdown by the Chinese authorities, in Dharamshala, India, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Hong Kong newspapers from June 5, 1989, reporting the Tiananmen Square China uprising, are pictured during a press preview at the Tiananmen June 4th Memorial permanent exhibition which opened June 2 in Manhattan, New York. (Reuters)
In this June 4, 2019, file photo, thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing. (Associated Press)
A view of Victoria Park, where a carnival organized by pro-Beijing groups to mark the city's 1997 handover to China has replaced scenes of people rallying for democracy on the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Activist Leo Tang is taken away by police near Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Visitors pose for photos at the carnival held by pro-China groups, taking place where the candlelight vigil used to be held, ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Reuters)
Police detain a woman with paper flowers in downtown Hong Kong, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Reuters)
People leave messages during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, June 4, 2023, to mark the 34th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (Associated Press)
People in Taipei, Taiwan, take part in an event marking the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Reuters)
People take photos of a replica of the “Pillar of Shame” during a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
A banner depicting the Pillar of Shame is displayed during a protest at the Trafalgar Square in London, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Exile Tibetans enact an iconic image popularly known as the Tank Man as they mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest in 1989 and the subsequent clampdown by the Chinese authorities, in Dharamshala, India, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Associated Press)
Hong Kong newspapers from June 5, 1989, reporting the Tiananmen Square China uprising, are pictured during a press preview at the Tiananmen June 4th Memorial permanent exhibition which opened June 2 in Manhattan, New York. (Reuters)
Hong Kong police searched and detained scores of people on Sunday, including four arrested for "seditious" intent, as authorities tightened security for the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Restrictions in Hong Kong have stifled what were once the largest vigils marking the anniversary of the bloody crackdown by Chinese troops on pro-democracy demonstrators, leaving cities like Taipei, London, New York and Berlin to keep the memory of June 4 alive.
Near Victoria Park, the previous site of yearly vigils, hundreds of police conducted stop and search operations, and deployed armored vehicles and police vans. And in Victoria Park itself, pro-China groups held a carnival featuring games, music and products from across China.
In Beijing, Tiananmen Square was thronged with tourists taking pictures under the watchful eye of police and other personnel but with no obvious sign of stepped-up security.
In democratically governed Taiwan, the last remaining part of the Chinese-speaking world where the anniversary can be marked freely, hundreds attended a memorial at Taipei's Liberty Square where a "Pillar of Shame" statue was displayed.
– Reuters
