Why Chinese activists are fighting to keep Tiananmen Square memories alive, 31 years on from crackdown

Byron Chen Chun is better informed than most people in China, but he admits that this year that 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown nearly slipped his mind.“June 4? The date might have passed me by if you hadn’t brought it,” he admitted.“It’s just there have been too many competing agendas these days that hardly leave any room for one to reflect upon June 4,” Chen said.Last year the Shenzhen-based political scientist and author fell foul of online nationalists after observing a protest…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3087226/why-chinese-activists-are-fighting-keep-tiananmen-square