This is what made Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square commemorations so powerful. They are a direct challenge to Beijing, and why the Chinese government sees memorials like the Pillar of Shame as a threat.

Vistors take photos with the "Pillars of National Unity" in the background in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, September 14, 2009.[Xinhua] ...

The Danish creator of Hong Kong's Pillar of Shame, once a prominent memorial to the Tiananmen Square massacre, has threatened to sue for the sculpture's safe return after it was demolished by the ...

Helen Regan, Wayne Chang, Teele Rebane and Karen Smith, CNN For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in ...

“Pillar of Shame,” a 13-foot bronze piece by the Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt, was installed at the university under the auspices of the Hong Kong Alliance in 1997 and has been an irritant ...

In the latest crackdown on political dissent in Hong Kong, authorities removed the “Pillar of Shame” statue that memorialized those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square government massacre of ...

The University of Hong Kong will remove the famous “Pillar of Shame” sculpture memorializing victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre from its campus, a letter written by its legal team ...

Helen Regan, Wayne Chang, Teele Rebane and Karen Smith, CNN For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in ...

The University of Hong Kong will remove the famous “Pillar of Shame” sculpture memorializing victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre from its campus, a letter written by its legal team ...

The University of Hong Kong will remove the famous “Pillar of Shame” sculpture memorializing victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre from its campus, a letter written by its legal team ...