• Residents held a candlelight vigil in Taipei on Saturday to remember those killed in China during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Smaller crowds gathered in cities around the world — this time mourning not just the people slain 33 years ago, but also the fate of Hong Kong, where the smothering of dissent has put an end to the vigil in Victoria Park, the world’s most prominent public memorial to the victims. | LAM YIK FEI / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Residents held a candlelight vigil in Taipei on Saturday to remember those killed in China during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Smaller crowds gathered in cities around the world — this time mourning not just the people slain 33 years ago, but also the fate of Hong Kong, where the smothering of dissent has put an end to the vigil in Victoria Park, the world’s most prominent public memorial to the victims. | LAM YIK FEI / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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TAIPEI – For decades, a large candlelight vigil was held in Hong Kong each June 4 to commemorate those killed when Chinese soldiers crushed the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.

On Saturday, smaller crowds gathered in Taipei and other cities around the world — this time mourning not just the people slain 33 years ago but also the fate of Hong Kong, where the smothering of dissent has put an end to the vigil in Victoria Park, the world’s most prominent public memorial to the victims of 1989.

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