AFP | 26/04/2014
The first museum dedicated to the bloody repression in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989, It was inaugurated this Saturday in Hong Kong, with an emotional ceremony, disturbed however by a pro-China demonstration.
Permanent exhibition pays tribute to victims of brutal repression of student protests, what happened on 3 and 4 June 1989 in the Chinese capital.
In the rest of China, any reference to this deadly episode that left more than a thousand dead is prohibited., according to independent sources. A large number of Chinese are unaware of this macabre episode in the country's recent history.
The Alliance of Support of Patriotic and Democratic Movements in China (Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China), organizer of these commemorations, He also organized the annual vigil of the 4 June, in which tens of thousands of people participate.
A demonstration by a dozen pro-China activists disrupted the opening Saturday of China's first museum dedicated to Tiananmen..
"Olvidan la masacre de Nankin y sólo hablan del 4 de junio", shouted a protester, referring to this event that occurred during World War II, during which the Japanese army massacred, according to Beijing, to more than 300.000 chinos.
The demonstration did not, however, prevent a large influx of visitors to the museum on Saturday., including several who made the trip from mainland China.
"Tras esta visita, mi visión de los acontecimientos es radicalmente diferente", Kitty Kau explained at the exit.
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