Hong Kong has done what the rest of China is forbidden to do, it has held a candlelight vigil to mark the 25th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.<br /><br /> Tens of thousands gathered in a central park,<br />their numbers swelled by a large number of mainland Chinese. <br /><br /> One Chinese dissident said it was his first time participating in a large-scale political event. “I hope one day in China citizens will truly have the freedom to demonstrate.” <br /><br /> In Beijing, there was no sign of any commemoration of the massacre expect for a police presence. Censors have wiped the internet of any mention of what was a rare display of open defiance against the Communist Party.<br /><br /> China has never released a death toll from when troops shot their way into the square to remove hundreds of protesting students, but estimates from human rights groups range from several hundred to several thousand.
