Protesters Seek Change in Tiananmen Stance
From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand that China drop its condemnation of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.
The demonstrators chanted slogans as they held aloft signs reading, “Seek accountability for the massacre” and “Reverse the verdict on the June 4 incident,” as the crackdown is known.
In Beijing today, relatives of the slain renewed calls for compensation and a reassessment of the event.
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