{"id":34235,"date":"2013-06-03T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=34235 "},"modified":"2013-06-03T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T22:16:00","slug":"34235-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=34235","title":{"rendered":"Activists ask people to wear black on 24th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div><div>Published June 03, 2013<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mzzg.org\/UploadCenter\/ArticlePics\/2013\/22\/201363HongKongTiananmenA_Leff.jpg\" alt=\"201363HongKongTiananmenA_Leff.jpg (660&#215;371)\" \/><\/div><div><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>June 3, 2013 &#8211; A woman reads a book in front of portraits of victims of the crackdown of the June 4, 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing&#8217;s Tiananmen Square at the June 4 Memorial Museum, run by pro-democracy activists at City University in Hong Kong. (AP)<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>June 3, 2013 &#8211; A Chinese policeman reacts as visitors to Tianamen Square wait for security screening near a sign which reads &#8220;Exit Square&#8221; on the eve of the 24th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on protesters in Beijing. (AP)<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>BEIJING &#8211; &nbsp;Activists in China are calling on people to wear black on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>Beijing-based rights activist Hu Jia said he had been appealing for people to wear black T-shirts on Tuesday or light a candle at home on Monday evening to remember the event.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>The Chinese government has never fully disclosed what happened and it remains a taboo topic inside the country. 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