Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue

Posted by hardmaru on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:19PM
from the apnews.com dept.

https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-beijing-hong-kong-national-security-8f6a67e2b4b6b1a73b7ca7c5a583026d

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Re:Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue by hardmaru on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:20PM (#29658295)

https://twitter.com/Galschiot/status/1473730166136446981

Hong Kong university dismantles and removes Tiananmen statue from campus (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-univers...)

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Re:Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue by cable2600 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:39PM (#29658391)

Deleting history.

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Re:Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue by 14 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @11:18PM (#29658606)

I wonder what other campaigns over the generations have taken place to change the public’s view on history? It is getting harder now days in the digital world but China sure thinks it can.

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Re:Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue by showerrain on Friday December 24, 2021 @06:20AM (#29672671)

It includes everything we believe. One benefit of being the winner is to decide how the story is told.

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Re:Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue by cable2600 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @12:59AM (#29659095)

We have a movement in the USA of removing statues of slave owners or Southerners in the Civil War. Instead of learning from history to avoid repeating it, we are deleting history like the Chinese are.

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Re:Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue by nhinck2 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @02:47AM (#29659609)

Removing statues venerating oppressors is not the same thing as deleting history.

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