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Beijing has warned several consulates of Western countries in Hong Kong to refrain from openly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown following a ban on an annual vigil in the city to mark the anniversary of the event. The reminders by the Chinese foreign ministry office in Hong Kong were sent out in recent days, including to top diplomats from the UK and the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macau, according to an European envoy based in the city. “The office asked us not to tweet/retweet or publicly say something about June 4,” the diplomat told the Post...
