The statue, pictured Oct. 2021, was removed after it sat at the University of Hong Kong campus since 1997, the year the city was handed back to China. AFP/Getty Images ...

With three Hong Kong universities removing memorials to the Tiananmen Square crackdown, artists and activists are working to ensure the “Pillar of Shame” and “Goddess of Democracy” statues ...

HONG KONG, Nov. 13 (UPI) --An art project went awry in Hong Kong, as police responded to reports of attempted suicide throughout the city, arriving to find that they were merely statues.

Hong Kong police seized an exhibit on Friday in connection with what they said was an attempt to incite subversion, with media reporting it was a statue commemorating Beijing's Tiananmen Square ...

In the latest crackdown on political dissent in Hong Kong, authorities removed the “Pillar of Shame” statue that memorialized those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square government massacre of ...

HONG KONG—A statue in Hong Kong commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, one of the more potent symbols of the city’s pro-democracy movement, was seized by police on Friday, the sculptor said.

With three Hong Kong universities removing memorials to the Tiananmen Square crackdown, artists and activists are working to ensure the “Pillar of Shame” and “Goddess of Democracy” statues ...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police seized an exhibit Friday in connection with what they said was an attempt to incite subversion, with media reporting it was a statue commemorating Beijing's ...

With three Hong Kong universities removing memorials to the Tiananmen Square crackdown, artists and activists are working to ensure the “Pillar of Shame” and “Goddess of Democracy” statues ...