Remembering The Tiananmen Square Massacre

21 Years Later, Quiet Day on Tiananmen Square -- New York Times/AP

BEIJING (AP) -- Throngs of tourists and kite-flyers milled around Tiananmen Square on Friday under the watchful eye of security forces on alert for any attempt to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations.

But in Hong Kong, the semiautonomous Chinese territory, the annual candlelight vigil drew thousands who took advantage of the freedom of speech in this former British colony. The crowd at Hong Kong's Victoria Park was large enough to fill six football pitches, though were no official estimates.

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More News On The 21rst Anniversary Of The Tiananmen Massacre

Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre -- Washington Times
Thousands Attend Tiananmen Vigil in Hong Kong -- Wall Street Journal
Deng Is Said to Have Backed Tiananmen Violence -- New York Times
US urges China to free activists on Tiananmen anniversary -- AFP
21 Years Later, Quiet Day On Tiananmen Square -- NPR
Annual Tiananmen Square cat-and-mouse game -- L.A. Times
Still censoring, 21 years on: Chinese newspaper pulls cartoon of iconic Tiananmen Square massacre image -- The Daily Mail
Tiananmen Square will not be whitewashed easily. When will China apologise? -- Peter Foster, The Telegraph