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Over 500 people gathered in Taipei City on Saturday to mark the 33rd anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown. Hundreds, if not thousands, were killed in the violent suppression by army troops of student protesters demanding greater democracy in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The event this year in Taiwan featured some Hong Kong characteristics, activists said, as June 4 anniversary events are currently banned in the former British colony. The ban is seen as part of a move to snuff out political dissent and a sign that Hong Kong is losing its freedoms as Beijing tightens...
