Victoria Park epitomizes the broader erosions in Hong Kong: In four years it has gone from candlelight vigil to heavily policed desolation to flag-waving carnival.
HONG KONG — For decades, tens of thousands would come to Hong Kong’s Victoria Park every June 4 to raise a candle in somber commemoration for those killed by the Chinese military as it crushed the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.This Sunday, after three years of prohibitions on gathering due to the coronavirus pandemic, the soccer pitches will fill again.
stood in stark contrast to the tense atmosphere last year when hundreds of police officers stood guard outside cordoned soccer pitches to prevent gatherings. It marked a jarring transformation over just four years: from somber candlelight vigil to heavily policed desolation to flag-waving carnival. “Hong Kong changed so much, but there is nothing we can do about it,” said Leung, 28, who passed by the fair on Saturday and only gave his surname out of fear of repercussions from authorities. He said he felt numb about what he saw at the carnival, knowing that Sunday is the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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