NEW MEANING: Taiwanese have always felt for victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, but now are also scared for themselves, the TAUP vice president said
Taipei Times
Date:\ May 13, 2019
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
Civic groups from Taiwan, Hong Kong and North America are to hold a series of events
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator You Mei-nu, second left, speaks at a news conference organized by the New School For Democracy in Taipei yesterday to announce plans for a series of events marking the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre starting from Saturday, the New School For Democracy (NSD) said yesterday.
The events include a three-day academic conference, a photography exhibition and candlelight vigil, concerts, art installations and talks to commemorate the massacre’s victims and celebrate freedom of expression, the NSD said at a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Groups organizing the events with the NSD include the Taiwan Association of University Professors (TAUP); Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, Labour Party and Civic Party; and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 were part of the third wave of global democracy movements that helped shape Taiwan’s democracy, NSD chairman Tseng Chien-yuan (曾建元) said. [FULL STORY]
