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03 Jun 2021

“Two years [after the lawful 2019 vigil] here I am in Hong Kong, we cannot even get close to the park without fear on June 4. Yes, Victoria park will be without candles this year. But one thing I learned from two decades of studying Tiananmen is that there is always light in our hearts that cannot be swallowed by darkness. History is on our side.”

Rowena He Xiaoqing
Rowena He Xiaoqing
   Historian, Researcher
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History scholar on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and author of 'Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China'
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