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Red building in China with people in masks mingling in front of it

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Hong Kong politics

Wearing black, or being in or around Victoria Park on the anniversary, could also land someone a one-year sentence in jail.

In Hong Kong, lighting a candle for Tiananmen victims is now a crime

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