35th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Crackdown Marked by Silence and Heavy Security

On the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, China and Hong Kong observed a day marked by silence and heavy security.

In Beijing, checkpoints and rows of police vehicles were stationed around Tiananmen Square, a site of the 1989 pro-democracy protests that ended in a bloody crackdown, resulting in hundreds, possibly thousands, of deaths. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, flameless candles flickered in the windows of the US Consulate, a muted gesture of remembrance amid tightened security measures.

The anniversary highlights the ongoing sensitivity of the Tiananmen Square events in China and the changing political landscape in Hong Kong.