The annual Tiananmen Square commemoration takes on greater meaning for the people of Hong Kong after last autumn's pro-democracy demonstrations sharpened their sense of unease with Beijing.
Hong Kong Commemorates Tiananmen Square, June 4, 2015
![People attend an annual candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong June 4, 2015 to mark Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.](https://gdb.voanews.com/58f7aaae-3e9a-4e81-8718-a891f47259d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People attend an annual candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong June 4, 2015 to mark Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
![Thousands of people attend an annual candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, June 4, 2015 to mark Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dce03fdf-7c08-4785-8667-ae2b2d63c8a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thousands of people attend an annual candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, June 4, 2015 to mark Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
![Tens of thousands of people joined the candlelight vigil marking the crushing of the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square protests, Hong Kong, June 4, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/72769415-8623-408e-b0a8-e03b8eb54bef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tens of thousands of people joined the candlelight vigil marking the crushing of the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square protests, Hong Kong, June 4, 2015.
![Crowds gathered for a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the student-led protests in Tiananmen Square, Hong Kong, June 4, 2015. (Haiyan/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/85d115cf-3d1c-4e9f-9891-4280eba3c893_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Crowds gathered for a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the student-led protests in Tiananmen Square, Hong Kong, June 4, 2015. (Haiyan/VOA)