Tiananmen Massacre Museum Opens in Hong Kong

An 800-square-foot museum dedicated to the 1989 Tiananmen massacre has just opened in Hong Kong. It displays a small replica of the Goddess of Democracy statue and hundreds of documents, books, and photographs of that historical event. This is the first museum of its kind in the world.

The museum is the fruition of years hard work by the Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, an organization that has been hosting the annual candle light vigil at the anniversaries.

South China Morning Post reports that the museum is also under a lawsuit threat by the building owner on a dispute in property use.

Boston Debates the Fate of its Tiananmen Memorial

Twenty years ago, in the aftermath of the Tiananmen massacre, numerous memorials, status, and other symbols of remembrance were established all around the world. Today, most of them have fell into disrepair or been ignored by the general public. But once a while, a local controversial might erupt on what to do with them. The latest happened within Boston's Chinatown.


According to Boston Globe, The Mary Soo Hoo Park(aka, Chinatown Gateway Park), which hosts the memorial, is being renovated and some residents asked that the memorial to be removed so that the part could become "a place of repose, where adults can relax and children can play without the intrusion of politics."

Other activists, of course, have other ideas. They questioned city designers repeatedly on the issue and insisted to preserve the memorial.

A final decision has yet to be made.