HK marks Tiananmen Square anniversary

A crowd estimated at 100,000 or more congregated in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park last night to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The student-led protests of 25 years ago reflected at that time seething discontent among a populace not only at authoritarianism within the Communist halls of power, but also at national economic degradation, with the country riddled by high inflation. Of course Hong Kong’s economic fortunes now are inextricably linked t…