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Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen sculpture | DW News
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5:06Now PlayingWorkers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) removed a large sculpture commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing early Thursday.
"Pillar of Shame," a 2-ton, 8-meter (26-foot) tall copper work by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot, comprises a tower of 50 mangled bodies piled atop one another, symbolizing students killed by Chinese government forces on June 4, 1989.
The sculpture, which was originally installed in Hong Kong's Victoria Park some 20 years ago, is one of the island's few remaining public reminders of the Tiananmen massacre — an incident that Beijing has steadfastly attempted to erase from the Chinese collective memory since the incident occurred.
In mainland China, public commemorations or symbols of the event are strictly forbidden. Many born after the event have little or no knowledge of it as it has been effectively stricken from history.
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