Hong Kong finds new ways to remember Tiananmen Square amid vigil ban

Residents light candles, lay flowers and paint messages as police enforce ban on annual vigil for massacre

A man walked down a Hong Kong street on Friday wearing a shirt hand-painted with “There is nothing to say”. The previous night an artist held a placard aloft reading: “Don’t go to Victoria Park and light candles”.

On any other day these sights would have been confusing, but on Friday they were a small symbol of resistance to authorities’ efforts to stop anyone from commemorating the 4 June 1989 massacre of student protesters in Beijing.

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