An elderly participant holds a candle with others as they attend a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4, 2017, to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.-AFP
Hong Kong (AFP) - Thousands gathered at a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong Sunday night to mark 28 years since China's bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown but the annual event is struggling for support among younger generations.
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong is the only place on Chinese soil to see a major commemoration of the military's brutal crushing of pro-democracy protests in central Beijing in 1989.
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