{"id":146808,"date":"2020-06-04T01:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/06\/04\/hong-kong-braces-as-protesters-plan-to-defy-tiananmen-vigil-ban\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T01:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:48:59","slug":"hong-kong-braces-as-protesters-plan-to-defy-tiananmen-vigil-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=146808","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong braces as protesters plan to defy Tiananmen vigil ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tension high as authorities ban vigils marking 1989 pro-democracy movement ahead of vote on bill that would outlaw mocking Chinese anthemHong Kong is bracing for another tense day as its legislature prepares to pass a controversial bill criminalising mockery of China\u2019s national anthem, which coincides with the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen square crackdown. Activists plan to defy a police ban and hold a candle-lit vigil in a downtown park to mark the event 31 years ago.Many fear this year\u2019s Tiananmen commemoration might be Hong Kong\u2019s last, as looming national security laws imposed by China on the semi-autonomous city would prevent and punish \u201cacts and activities\u201d that threaten national security. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jun\/04\/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-ban-china-national-anthem-bill-protest\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong braces as protesters plan to defy Tiananmen vigil ban<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension high as authorities ban vigils marking 1989 pro-democracy movement ahead of vote on bill that would outlaw mocking Chinese anthemHong Kong is bracing for another tense day as its legislature prepares to pass a controversial bill criminalising mockery of China\u2019s national anthem, which coincides with the anniversary of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}