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Hong Kong protest over Tiananmen

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people were killed in China's crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

There has been no official inquiry so the exact death toll remains unclear.

Among the crowds in Hong Kong on Sunday was Xiong Yan, a leading student protester during the 1989 demos, now living in exile in the US.

Read entire article at BBC