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Hong Kong museum commemorating Tiananmen massacre to close

After two years, the only museum on Chinese soil commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 will close Tuesday. 

The June Fourth Museum is run by the Hong Kong Alliance, a pro-democracy group, which said Saturday the closure was due to pressure from the building's owners' committee. 

The museum is housed in a 1,375 sq ft. space on the fifth floor of a commercial building in Hong Kong's Kowloon district. 

Read entire article at CNN