Hong Kong protesters defy Tiananmen vigil ban


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Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters defied a ban against gathering at a park to commemorate Thursday’s anniversary of China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown, with tensions seething in the financial hub over a planned new security law. The semi-autonomous city had for three decades seen huge vigils to remember those killed when China’s communist leaders deployed its military into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to crush a student-led movement for democratic reforms. ADVERTISEMENT Defend democracy. Click to invest in courageous progressive journalism today. But pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong, who have been waging a long struggle against what they see as China’s tightening grip on...