Hong Kong: Danish artist engages lawyers to retrieve Tiananmen Square sculpture
By DW
17 October 2021 |
2:11 pm
The sculpture, named "Pillar of Shame," mourns those who were killed by Chinese troops at Tiananmen Square in 1989. It was installed at the University of Hong Kong in 1997, when the territory was handed back to China.
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