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Frances Hui, policy and advocacy coordinator of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, speaks during the Tiananmen Square massacre candlelight vigil held at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington on June 4, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
WASHINGTON—The air was still as candlelight flickered, forming a circle around a replica of the goddess of democracy that 37 years ago stood on Tiananmen Square.
Around the statue scattered pink hyacinth flowers and white lilies. On the granite pedestal, more candle flames swayed.
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