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stanley sverige nHong Kong authorities heighten security around Victoria Park.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInPeople walk around the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on June 4, 2023 | Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty ImagesJune 4, 20235:47 pm CETBy Antoaneta RoussiChina tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.Additional security was seen around the square, which has long been surrounded with security checks,according to media repo
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