China keeps trying to abolish all monuments and memorials to the 1989 Tiananmen, unnecessary tragedy, because the country wants so desperately to have that event erased from history, but the world will never forget, never forget the brutality, never forget the sheer viciousness of the attacks, the world always remembers. It is no wonder China wants this forgotten, because it is a reminder to the Chinese people as well as the world that communism only works under extreme oppression, and strict hinderance to societal rules, and any thoughts to the contrary, are not tolerated by the government and its iron first rule. As reported by the AP:
The removal of the monuments comes as the communist party snuffs out all democratic challenges in Hong Kong to its iron grip rule
HONG KONG (AP) — Universities in Hong Kong are removing memorials to the bloody suppression of the 1989 Chinese pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong early Friday took down the “Goddess of Democracy,” a statue based on a figure created by art students and brought to the square shortly before the crackdown in which hundreds, if not thousands, of people were killed.
The removal of the monuments testifies to the ruling Communist Party’s efforts to erase the bloody events from the public consciousness. It also comes as the party snuffs out democratic challenges in Hong Kong to its rule.
On Thursday, a monument at the University of Hong Kong was dismantled, wiping out one of the city’s last remaining places of public commemoration of the crackdown.
The government has never provided a figure on casualties and the pro-democracy movement remains a taboo topic in mainland China. Hong Kong and Macao, the two semi-autonomous territories, were the only places on Chinese soil where commemorations of the crackdown were allowed until authorities banned annual candlelight vigils for two consecutive years.
In a statement, Chinese University confirmed the removal of the statue and said it had never authorized its display and that no organization has claimed responsibility for its maintenance and management.
Separately, Lingnan University also removed a bas relief memorial wall display dedicated to the memory of the June 4 movement.
The university’s decision was predicated on the “overall protection of the university community after a recent assessment,” government-run Hong Kong Radio Television reported.
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