21st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests 21st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests The 21st anniversary Tiananmen square incident march began as a small march to commemorate the 4 June Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong and Macau are the only places on Chinese soil where the 1989 crushing of China's pro-democracy movement can be commemorated, and the annual event to commemorate has been taking place in Hong Kong since 1990. In 2010, the candlelight vigil attracted more than 150,000 participants – the controversies surrounding Hong Kong authorities' treatment of the democracy goddess statues, including a controversial ban by the Chinese
A Tiananmen Journal Tiananmen Journal" is based on Feng's "Memo of 1989 Student Protests" (八九學運備忘錄), first drafted in 1990. To ensure the details of the activities are in correct order and what he heard from others during the protests was truthful, Feng started editing his "Memo" and adding footnotes in the following eighteen years, before finally publishing them in the book, "A Tiananmen Journal". The book is divided into nine chapters: It briefly records the 1987 student protest at Tiananmen Square on New Year's Day. Some of the students were angry about the "Ten Regulations" (十條) issued by the government on 26 December