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Memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

January 01, 1970

In the days following the end of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, several memorials and vigils were held around the world for those who were killed in the demonstrations. Since then, annual memorials have been held in places outside of mainland China, most notably in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States.

A white plastic statue in the backdrop of Times Square from the 20th anniversary commemorations
20th anniversary of the 4 June massacre
20th anniversary of the 4 June massacre

The 31st anniversary commemoration took place only a few short months after the anti-government protests had subsided. Although the Hong Kong vigil was banned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many chose to ignore the ban. In the following months, 24 leading pro-democratic activists were arrested for unlawful assembly. Although there had not been any cases of local transmission of COVID-19, and although Art Basel was allowed to take place, the 32nd anniversary commemoration in Victoria Park was similarly banned due to pandemic restrictions. However, as the government seems increasingly willing to use tough measures against any form of civil protest, a massive police presence was preemptively mobilised in 2021.

Hong Kong edit

Vindicate 4 June and Relay the Torch is an annual activity mourning the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre organized by Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China in Hong Kong Victoria Park.

Anniversary (ordinal) Year Data by Alliance Data by police
1st 1990 150,000 80,000
2nd 1991 100,000 60,000
3rd 1992 80,000 28,000
4th 1993 40,000 12,000
5th 1994 40,000 12,000
6th 1995 35,000 16,000
7th 1996 45,000 16,000
8th 1997 55,000 N/A
9th 1998 40,000 16,000
10th 1999 70,000 N/A
11th 2000 45,000 N/A
12th 2001 48,000 N/A
13th 2002 45,000 N/A
14th 2003 50,000 N/A
15th 2004 82,000 48,000
16th 2005 45,000 22,000
17th 2006 44,000 19,000
18th 2007 55,000 27,000
19th 2008 48,000 18,000
20th 2009 200,000 62,800
21st 2010 150,000 113,000
22nd 2011 150,000+ 77,000
23rd 2012 180,000 85,000
24th 2013 150,000 54,000
25th 2014 180,000+ 99,500
26th 2015 135,000 46,600
27th 2016 125,000 21,800
28th 2017 110,000 18,000
29th 2018 115,000 17,000
30th 2019 180,000+ 37,000
31st (banned)[1] 2020 N/A N/A
32nd (banned) 2021 N/A N/A


Memorials before the handover edit

In 1990, on the first anniversary of the massacre, Reuters quoted an estimate of 15,000 people who took part in the demonstration. Organizers from the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democracy in China (also known as Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China) provided an estimate of 30,000. Attendees chanted "Long live democracy" and "Rescue those who live".[2]

Tensions were high in 1996, which marked the seventh anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre.[3][4] Residents were not sure whether or not the annual demonstration would continue after the upcoming 1997 sovereignty handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.[5][4] Many Hong Kong natives feared they would lose the legal right to demonstrate after the handover, which made it so that the annual demonstration's fate was in potential jeopardy.[3][6] One demonstrator, Yeung Sum, voiced his support for continued demonstrations as he shouted out "this kind of demonstration must be publicly held after 1997".[3] According to the Globe and Mail, more than 20,000 attended.[3] In the park there was a cenotaph, which was a replica of Heroes' Monument (also known as the Monument to the People's Heroes) in Tiananmen Square, and near this monument stood a reproduction of the highly symbolic Goddess of Democracy.[3][4] People in the park sang "Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It is the music of a people".[4] Attendees "carried large funeral wreaths" to the base of the replicated Heroes' Monument.[3] When the floodlights dimmed, people passed several minutes of silence by raising thousands of candles.[3]

The eighth anniversary, in 1997, was just before the handover (also known as the Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong). People in the demonstration speculated that it might turn out to be the last vigil.[7] Organizers estimated a total of 55,000 people, which was a record breaking number up to this point.[8] According to the Associated Press the "demonstrators cut across many divisions" and included groups of people such as youth, business professionals, senior citizens, and workers.[7] City Hall approved the demonstration, as well as a "controversial three-story high sculpture".[9] This piece was called "The Pillar of Shame" and was lit up during the night.[9] It portrayed "twisted bodies with agonized faces".[8] "The Pillar of Shame" was "controversial" partially because City Hall refused to allow the sculpture to be shown in public during the Hong Kong handover ceremony.[8]

Memorials after the handover edit

The ninth anniversary, in 1998, was significant because – according to The Guardian – they were the "first protestors permitted to mourn the trauma of Tiananmen on Chinese soil".[10] This memorial service was also centred on the "controversial Pillar of Shame".[10] Demonstrators hung "large black banners" that read "reverse the verdict on June 4",[11] while other banners swore to "fight to the end" and to "never forget June 4".[12] Wei Jingsheng "sent a pre-recorded video message" that was broadcast through loud speakers and Wang Dan "spoke live from New York".[13]

The tenth anniversary, in 1999, also featured the controversial "Pillar of Shame" and according to the South China Morning Post, the sculpture included a column that read "the spirit of democracy martyrs will live forever".[14] Similar to demonstrations in earlier years, the participants also sang "pro-democracy" songs and "chanted slogans".[14] The South China Morning Post reported that Wang Dan's mother, Wang Lingyun, "spoke to the crowd from a mobile phone after her line at home was cut off at 5 pm".[14] From San Francisco, Wang Dan also spoke to the crowd.[14] During the fifteenth anniversary, in 2004, activists handed out leaflets, which encouraged mainland tourists to go to the vigil.[15] Organizers reported that 82,000 people attended, which was up from last year's count of 50,000.[15]

The twentieth anniversary, in 2009, had about 150,000 attendees, according to organizers.[16][17] This was the largest turnout since the first vigil nineteen years earlier, according to organizers.[16][17] Police, however, recorded the number of attendees to only be about 62,800.[16][17] As the attendees were holding candles and playing traditional Chinese instruments, demonstrators chanted "Vindicate the student movement of 1989!".[18][17] China's Ministry of Public Security issued a "written statement" about "security measures" taken prior to the beginning of the anniversary.[16] Since the rise of localism in Hong Kong and the 2014 Umbrella Movement in particular, turnout for Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong has been steadily declining. Some student groups explicitly boycotting them, asserting that the Hong Kong Autonomy Movement and the Chinese democracy movement are, or should be, separate concerns.[19]

2020 and beyond edit

The 31st anniversary commemoration took place only a few short months after the anti-government protests had subsided. Although the commemorations had been banned in Hong Kong due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people still chose to ignore the ban and attended the public vigil in Victoria Park.[20] In the months that followed, the political climate grew even more hostile under Carrie Lam following the passage of the national security legislation by the NPC, and 24 activists were arrested as organisers of the vigil.[20]

On 28 April 2021, a government spokesperson announced that the 32nd anniversary commemoration in Victoria Park would again be banned due to pandemic restrictions[21] despite there having been no locally transmitted cases over the previous six weeks.[20][22] The government showed its determination to stop any memorial from taking place when the Security Bureau warned on 29 May that the penalty for attending an unlawful assembly was five years in prison under the Public Order Ordinance, or one year for promoting it.[23][24][22]

Although the Alliance decided to abide by the government ban, urging the public to commemorate in a lawful and safe manner,[25] the government preemptively mobilised 7,000 police officers – one fifth of its strength – for deployment across Hong Kong on 4 June.[26][22] Victoria Park alone would be guarded by 3,000 officers, and most of the park was declared off-llimits.[26][20] Victoria Park lay empty for the first time in 32 years.[27]

Mainland China edit

Police are kept on alert during many of the anniversaries in order to guard against public displays of mourning.[2][28][29][30][31] According to The Washington Post, Beijing "banned any mourning by groups not specifically authorized".[2] Similarly, during the third anniversary there was a sign in the centre of the Square that "warned visitors not to lay mourning wreaths", unless the government had given the visitor consent at least five days in advance.[28]

Several people have been arrested, or at least taken away for questioning, for attempting to mourn the victims publicly.[2][28][30] One man was questioned for wearing a button that had the V-for-Victory sign and the word "Victory" on it in 1990.[2] According to the New York Times, another man, in 1992, named Wang Wanxin "was dragged away after he tried to unfurl a banner calling on Deng Xiaoping [...] to apologize for the 1989 army crackdown".[28] Some other modes of commemoration included 50 dissidents staging a 24-hour hunger strike in 2000[30] and private memorial services in people's houses.[29] In 1999, Su Bingxian lit a candle for her son who was killed in the massacre,[29] while others lit ten symbolic candles.[29]

Taiwan edit

On 4 June 2016, Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China (ROC) held the nation's first ever commemoration in parliament of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as lawmakers urged the new government to address human rights issues in its dealing with mainland China. It comes weeks after China-sceptic Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in as president, succeeding Ma Ying-jeou who oversaw an unprecedented eight-year rapprochement with Beijing.[32]

In the past, the ROC government has repeatedly urged the PRC to learn lessons from the Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, in which more than 1,000 were killed according to some estimates. A day ahead of the 4 June anniversary, senior lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the pro-Cross-Strait relations Kuomintang (KMT) were joined by human rights activists and exiled Chinese dissident Wu'er Kaixi as they observed a minute's silence. They also signed a motion proposed by DPP lawmaker Yu Mei-nu to demand the government "express Taiwan's serious concerns over redressing the June 4 incident at the appropriate time" in future interactions between the two sides.[32]

United States edit

In the United States, the first memorial was organized on the 100th day of 4 June 1989 by the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, and the second memorial service was organized also by the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the Capitol Hill.[33] Since then, Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars has been organized annual memorial services in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC.

In San Francisco, for the fifth anniversary, the city erected a 9.5 foot (3 m) bronze statue that was modeled after the original Goddess of Democracy.[34] It is located in the edges of Chinatown, on a small park.[35] Fang Lizhi and Nick Er Liang were at the unveiling.[35] The designer, Thomas Marsh, used photographs of the original Goddess of Democracy as a model for his statue.[33] Two Chinese students of his formed the torch, and another formed the face.[35]

Poland edit

A Tiananmen memorial was built during Solidarity pro democracy demonstrations in 1989 in the Polish city of Wrocław, Lower Silesia. The memorial was destroyed by the Polish authorities, but has been rebuilt since the end of single party communism in Poland.

Online memorials edit

There are many online memorials. For example, the organizers of the annual candlelight vigil, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, have a website where people can sign the "Condolence Book for the victims of Tiananmen".[36] The book is then "burnt in front of the statue of democracy at the June 4 Candlelight vigil".[36] In mid-2020 the U.S.-based Visual Artists Guild announced it was streaming its annual commemoration online on 31 May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]

References edit

  1. ^ "Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil banned for first time". BBC News. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Southerland, Daniel (6 April 1990). "Massed Beijing Police Oversee Conformist Day of Mourning". The Washington Post. p. A5.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Mickleburgh, Rod (5 June 1996). "Hong Kong Remembers Massacre". The Globe and Mail (Pg. A.1).
  4. ^ a b c d Gargan, Edward A. (5 June 1996). "Hong Kong Holds Vigil -- the Last? -- for Tiananmen Victims". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. ^ Mickleburgh, Rod (5 June 1996). "Hong Kong Remembers Massacre". The Globe and Mail (Pg. A.1)
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  11. ^ Higgins, Andrew (5 June 1998). "Hong Kong Punctures Tiananmen Amnesia". The Guardian (The Guardian Foreign Page; Pg. 16).
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  13. ^ Higgins, Andrew (5 June 1998). "Hong Kong Punctures Tiananmen Amnesia". The Guardian (The Guardian Foreign Page; Pg. 16).
  14. ^ a b c d Yeung, Chris; Lai-fan, Kong (5 June 1999). "Tiananmen Light Undimmed". South China Morning Post (Pg. 1).
  15. ^ a b Bradsher, Keith (5 June 2004). "Hong Kong Crowds Mark Tiananmen Square Killings". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  16. ^ a b c d Cheng, Jonathan (5 June 2009). "Leading the News: Hong Kong Vigil Remembers Tiananmen – On 20th Anniversary Quiet and Tension Prevail in Beijing". The Wall Street Journal Asia (Pg. 2).
  17. ^ a b c d Cheng, Jonathan (5 June 2009). "World News: Hong Kong Commemorates Tiananmen Square with Public Vigil". The Wall Street Journal (Pg. A.5).
  18. ^ Cheng, Jonathan (5 June 2009). "Leading the News: Hong Kong Vigil Remembers Tiananmen – On 20th Anniversary Quiet and Tension Prevail in Beijing". The Wall Street Journal Asia (Pg. 2).
  19. ^ Hui, Mary (4 June 2019). "The generations are warring in Hong Kong over the memory of Tiananmen". Quartz. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  20. ^ a b c d "Hong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on Tiananmen anniversary protests". The Guardian. 4 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Hong Kong bans Victoria Park's Tiananmen Massacre vigil again, citing Covid-19 restrictions". Hong Kong Free Press. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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  23. ^ "Weird arrest in Hong Kong shows China is erasing history of its most shameful day". NewsComAu. 4 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Up to 5 years prison for attending Tiananmen Massacre vigil, Hong Kong gov't warns - 1 year jail for publicising it". Hong Kong Free Press. 29 May 2021.
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  31. ^ McDonald, Joe (4 June 2005). "China Tightens Security to Block Tiananmen Memorials; Hong Kong, Sydney Hold Rallies". The Associated Press. p. 1.
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  36. ^ a b "Sign the Condolence Book for the Victims of Tiananmen". Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. n.p., 2013. Web. 11 April 2014. . Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  37. ^ "ONLINE COMMEMORATION: ANNUAL AWARD & TIANANMEN COMMEMORATION 31st ANNIVERSARY". visualartistsguild.info. Visual Artists Guilds. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

External links edit

  • Official website of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China

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In the days following the end of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre several memorials and vigils were held around the world for those who were killed in the demonstrations Since then annual memorials have been held in places outside of mainland China most notably in Hong Kong Taiwan and the United States A white plastic statue in the backdrop of Times Square from the 20th anniversary commemorations 20th anniversary of the 4 June massacre 20th anniversary of the 4 June massacre The 31st anniversary commemoration took place only a few short months after the anti government protests had subsided Although the Hong Kong vigil was banned due to the COVID 19 pandemic many chose to ignore the ban In the following months 24 leading pro democratic activists were arrested for unlawful assembly Although there had not been any cases of local transmission of COVID 19 and although Art Basel was allowed to take place the 32nd anniversary commemoration in Victoria Park was similarly banned due to pandemic restrictions However as the government seems increasingly willing to use tough measures against any form of civil protest a massive police presence was preemptively mobilised in 2021 Contents 1 Hong Kong 1 1 Memorials before the handover 1 2 Memorials after the handover 1 3 2020 and beyond 2 Mainland China 3 Taiwan 4 United States 5 Poland 6 Online memorials 7 References 8 External linksHong Kong editVindicate 4 June and Relay the Torch is an annual activity mourning the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre organized by Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China in Hong Kong Victoria Park Anniversary ordinal Year Data by Alliance Data by police 1st 1990 150 000 80 000 2nd 1991 100 000 60 000 3rd 1992 80 000 28 000 4th 1993 40 000 12 000 5th 1994 40 000 12 000 6th 1995 35 000 16 000 7th 1996 45 000 16 000 8th 1997 55 000 N A 9th 1998 40 000 16 000 10th 1999 70 000 N A 11th 2000 45 000 N A 12th 2001 48 000 N A 13th 2002 45 000 N A 14th 2003 50 000 N A 15th 2004 82 000 48 000 16th 2005 45 000 22 000 17th 2006 44 000 19 000 18th 2007 55 000 27 000 19th 2008 48 000 18 000 20th 2009 200 000 62 800 21st 2010 150 000 113 000 22nd 2011 150 000 77 000 23rd 2012 180 000 85 000 24th 2013 150 000 54 000 25th 2014 180 000 99 500 26th 2015 135 000 46 600 27th 2016 125 000 21 800 28th 2017 110 000 18 000 29th 2018 115 000 17 000 30th 2019 180 000 37 000 31st banned 1 2020 N A N A 32nd banned 2021 N A N A Memorials before the handover edit In 1990 on the first anniversary of the massacre Reuters quoted an estimate of 15 000 people who took part in the demonstration Organizers from the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democracy in China also known as Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China provided an estimate of 30 000 Attendees chanted Long live democracy and Rescue those who live 2 Tensions were high in 1996 which marked the seventh anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre 3 4 Residents were not sure whether or not the annual demonstration would continue after the upcoming 1997 sovereignty handover of Hong Kong to the People s Republic of China 5 4 Many Hong Kong natives feared they would lose the legal right to demonstrate after the handover which made it so that the annual demonstration s fate was in potential jeopardy 3 6 One demonstrator Yeung Sum voiced his support for continued demonstrations as he shouted out this kind of demonstration must be publicly held after 1997 3 According to the Globe and Mail more than 20 000 attended 3 In the park there was a cenotaph which was a replica of Heroes Monument also known as the Monument to the People s Heroes in Tiananmen Square and near this monument stood a reproduction of the highly symbolic Goddess of Democracy 3 4 People in the park sang Do you hear the people sing Singing the song of angry men It is the music of a people 4 Attendees carried large funeral wreaths to the base of the replicated Heroes Monument 3 When the floodlights dimmed people passed several minutes of silence by raising thousands of candles 3 The eighth anniversary in 1997 was just before the handover also known as the Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong People in the demonstration speculated that it might turn out to be the last vigil 7 Organizers estimated a total of 55 000 people which was a record breaking number up to this point 8 According to the Associated Press the demonstrators cut across many divisions and included groups of people such as youth business professionals senior citizens and workers 7 City Hall approved the demonstration as well as a controversial three story high sculpture 9 This piece was called The Pillar of Shame and was lit up during the night 9 It portrayed twisted bodies with agonized faces 8 The Pillar of Shame was controversial partially because City Hall refused to allow the sculpture to be shown in public during the Hong Kong handover ceremony 8 Memorials after the handover edit The ninth anniversary in 1998 was significant because according to The Guardian they were the first protestors permitted to mourn the trauma of Tiananmen on Chinese soil 10 This memorial service was also centred on the controversial Pillar of Shame 10 Demonstrators hung large black banners that read reverse the verdict on June 4 11 while other banners swore to fight to the end and to never forget June 4 12 Wei Jingsheng sent a pre recorded video message that was broadcast through loud speakers and Wang Dan spoke live from New York 13 The tenth anniversary in 1999 also featured the controversial Pillar of Shame and according to the South China Morning Post the sculpture included a column that read the spirit of democracy martyrs will live forever 14 Similar to demonstrations in earlier years the participants also sang pro democracy songs and chanted slogans 14 The South China Morning Post reported that Wang Dan s mother Wang Lingyun spoke to the crowd from a mobile phone after her line at home was cut off at 5 pm 14 From San Francisco Wang Dan also spoke to the crowd 14 During the fifteenth anniversary in 2004 activists handed out leaflets which encouraged mainland tourists to go to the vigil 15 Organizers reported that 82 000 people attended which was up from last year s count of 50 000 15 The twentieth anniversary in 2009 had about 150 000 attendees according to organizers 16 17 This was the largest turnout since the first vigil nineteen years earlier according to organizers 16 17 Police however recorded the number of attendees to only be about 62 800 16 17 As the attendees were holding candles and playing traditional Chinese instruments demonstrators chanted Vindicate the student movement of 1989 18 17 China s Ministry of Public Security issued a written statement about security measures taken prior to the beginning of the anniversary 16 Since the rise of localism in Hong Kong and the 2014 Umbrella Movement in particular turnout for Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong has been steadily declining Some student groups explicitly boycotting them asserting that the Hong Kong Autonomy Movement and the Chinese democracy movement are or should be separate concerns 19 2020 and beyond edit The 31st anniversary commemoration took place only a few short months after the anti government protests had subsided Although the commemorations had been banned in Hong Kong due to the COVID 19 pandemic many people still chose to ignore the ban and attended the public vigil in Victoria Park 20 In the months that followed the political climate grew even more hostile under Carrie Lam following the passage of the national security legislation by the NPC and 24 activists were arrested as organisers of the vigil 20 On 28 April 2021 a government spokesperson announced that the 32nd anniversary commemoration in Victoria Park would again be banned due to pandemic restrictions 21 despite there having been no locally transmitted cases over the previous six weeks 20 22 The government showed its determination to stop any memorial from taking place when the Security Bureau warned on 29 May that the penalty for attending an unlawful assembly was five years in prison under the Public Order Ordinance or one year for promoting it 23 24 22 Although the Alliance decided to abide by the government ban urging the public to commemorate in a lawful and safe manner 25 the government preemptively mobilised 7 000 police officers one fifth of its strength for deployment across Hong Kong on 4 June 26 22 Victoria Park alone would be guarded by 3 000 officers and most of the park was declared off llimits 26 20 Victoria Park lay empty for the first time in 32 years 27 Mainland China editPolice are kept on alert during many of the anniversaries in order to guard against public displays of mourning 2 28 29 30 31 According to The Washington Post Beijing banned any mourning by groups not specifically authorized 2 Similarly during the third anniversary there was a sign in the centre of the Square that warned visitors not to lay mourning wreaths unless the government had given the visitor consent at least five days in advance 28 Several people have been arrested or at least taken away for questioning for attempting to mourn the victims publicly 2 28 30 One man was questioned for wearing a button that had the V for Victory sign and the word Victory on it in 1990 2 According to the New York Times another man in 1992 named Wang Wanxin was dragged away after he tried to unfurl a banner calling on Deng Xiaoping to apologize for the 1989 army crackdown 28 Some other modes of commemoration included 50 dissidents staging a 24 hour hunger strike in 2000 30 and private memorial services in people s houses 29 In 1999 Su Bingxian lit a candle for her son who was killed in the massacre 29 while others lit ten symbolic candles 29 Taiwan editOn 4 June 2016 Taiwan formally known as the Republic of China ROC held the nation s first ever commemoration in parliament of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as lawmakers urged the new government to address human rights issues in its dealing with mainland China It comes weeks after China sceptic Tsai Ing wen was sworn in as president succeeding Ma Ying jeou who oversaw an unprecedented eight year rapprochement with Beijing 32 In the past the ROC government has repeatedly urged the PRC to learn lessons from the Tiananmen crackdown on pro democracy protesters in which more than 1 000 were killed according to some estimates A day ahead of the 4 June anniversary senior lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party DPP and the pro Cross Strait relations Kuomintang KMT were joined by human rights activists and exiled Chinese dissident Wu er Kaixi as they observed a minute s silence They also signed a motion proposed by DPP lawmaker Yu Mei nu to demand the government express Taiwan s serious concerns over redressing the June 4 incident at the appropriate time in future interactions between the two sides 32 United States editIn the United States the first memorial was organized on the 100th day of 4 June 1989 by the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars and the second memorial service was organized also by the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the Capitol Hill 33 Since then Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars has been organized annual memorial services in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC In San Francisco for the fifth anniversary the city erected a 9 5 foot 3 m bronze statue that was modeled after the original Goddess of Democracy 34 It is located in the edges of Chinatown on a small park 35 Fang Lizhi and Nick Er Liang were at the unveiling 35 The designer Thomas Marsh used photographs of the original Goddess of Democracy as a model for his statue 33 Two Chinese students of his formed the torch and another formed the face 35 Poland editA Tiananmen memorial was built during Solidarity pro democracy demonstrations in 1989 in the Polish city of Wroclaw Lower Silesia The memorial was destroyed by the Polish authorities but has been rebuilt since the end of single party communism in Poland Online memorials editThere are many online memorials For example the organizers of the annual candlelight vigil the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China have a website where people can sign the Condolence Book for the victims of Tiananmen 36 The book is then burnt in front of the statue of democracy at the June 4 Candlelight vigil 36 In mid 2020 the U S based Visual Artists Guild announced it was streaming its annual commemoration online on 31 May due to the COVID 19 pandemic 37 References edit Hong Kong s Tiananmen vigil banned for first time BBC News 1 June 2020 Retrieved 2 June 2020 a b c d e Southerland Daniel 6 April 1990 Massed Beijing Police Oversee Conformist Day of Mourning The Washington Post p A5 a b c d e f g Mickleburgh Rod 5 June 1996 Hong Kong Remembers Massacre The Globe and Mail Pg 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