so those who went to Victoria Park every year have a sense that we still remember the massacre and the people of Hong Kong," Tung said. "This year we started in March to plan ahead and work with other organizations across Canada in Toronto and also Calgary. Mabel Tung, chairwoman of the society hosting the Vancouver vigil at David Lam Park on Sunday, said organizers started putting together the event a month early because activists feel the added responsibility of carrying on the work of the Hong Kong vigil. The Hong Kong vigil organizers' vote to disband in 2021 - spurred by enforcement of the Chinese government's law that suppresses public displays of opposition - has driven many overseas Chinese communities to step up their own efforts, including here in Canada. Hong Kong's Victoria Park had for decades been the only place on Chinese soil where large numbers gathered annually to commemorate those killed.īut on Sunday, Victoria Park will instead be occupied by a carnival organized by pro-Beijing groups to celebrate Hong Kong's handover to Chinese rule in 1997. Download our app to get breaking news alerts delivered right to you.Tailor the news you receive straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletters.Sunday marks the 34th anniversary of China's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, in which tanks rolled into the heart of Beijing and hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people were killed. Some members of Canada's Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong's renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square falls silent.
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