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China and Hong Kong reacted to Tuesday’s 35th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing with an increased police presence. Soldiers were posted at important bridges in the Chinese capital on Tuesday. Anyone wishing to enter Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing had to pass through several strict passport and security checks. In the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which for a long time was the only place in China where the victims of the Tiananmen protests could be commemorated, there were also numerous police officers on the streets. …

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