Chinese exiles are planning to build a memorial to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre in the US after public commemorations were banned in Hong Kong.
Until recently the international business hub had been the last Chinese city where memorials were allowed to honour the hundreds, if not thousands, killed when Chinese forces opened fire on unarmed, pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
Wang Dan, a prominent student leader of the 1989 protests who is now in exile in the US, outlined plans on Monday to build a museum in New York.
Wang Dan, second left, was among the student leaders at Tiananmen Square during the fateful events of June 1989
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“We all know that the Chinese Communist Party clearly wants to erase the memory of June 4,” Wang said during an online presentation. “It will be a shame if
