Will there be fewer people commemorating the June 4 candlelight vigil in HK tonight?

HK's annual candlelight vigil for June 4

HK's annual candlelight vigil for June 4 Source: By David -flickr

Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil to commemorate China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown attracted the smallest crowd in nine years as local student leaders shunned the gathering in 2017. Interview with HK local young people and a HK history researcher to try to understand why their ideas have changed.



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