Hong Kong university dismantles, removes Tiananmen statue from campus
Known as the "Pillar of Shame," the statue was a key symbol of the wide-ranging freedoms promised to Hong Kong at its 1997 return to Chinese rule that are becoming increasingly curtailed.
Activists hold candles beside the "Pillar of Shame", mourning those who died during the June 4 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, inside the campus of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China May 2, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/TYRONE SIU)ByREUTERS
