18 years since the massacre at Tiananmen Square. AsiaNews has several stories including what Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong had to say:

The bishop of Hong Kong, card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, yesterday expressed his desire to see the authorities of continental China “wash away the filth” produced 18 years ago with the Tiananmen massacre.

The prelate led a prayer meeting for democracy on Chinese soil in the lead up to the great vigil which in memory of the anti-corruption, pro-democracy movement yesterday evening in Victoria park. An estimated 500 Catholics were present at the meeting.

Card. Zen recently returned from a trip to North America, added: “Many Chinese emigrants currently living in the west are experiencing the freedom that it entails. I ask myself when the Chinese people living in the homeland shall be able to enjoy such a blessing. I hope that Beijing may find the courage to face up to what it did 18 years ago”: