A performance artist in Hong Kong was quickly stopped by police on Wednesday when he attempted to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a stark illustration of the city’s diminishing freedom of expression.
Sanmu Chen tried to attach a symbolic 6.4m red thread to a street signpost in Causeway Bay, a bustling shopping district near Victoria Park. For decades, the park hosted a candlelight vigil on 4 June to remember people who died when the Chinese military suppressed student-led protests in Beijing. Police officers intercepted Mr Chen, searched his bag, and then released him.
