Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have held a vigil to mark the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests and massacre in Beijing.
The annual vigil tool place in the rain, with many participants holding candles under umbrellas.
Hong Kong, a former British colony, is the only place in China to hold such public commemorations.
On the mainland, security for the anniversary was tight and activists were told to stay at home.
Online searches of keywords like Tiananmen and Candle have been blocked.
But in Hong Kong, protesters demanded that Beijing overturn its description of the pro-democracy movement as "counter-revolutionary".
"Vindicate June 4th!" many shouted. "Never give up!"
Organisers said 150,000 people had attended the vigil, but police put the number at 54,000.
The 1989 protests, which lasted for weeks before the violent suppression on 3-4 June, were led by students in Beijing but repeated in other cities.
The challenge to authority exposed divisions in the Communist Party leadership, but hardliners eventually prevailed.
Beijing has defended the decision to send in tanks and troops, but has yet to provide an official death toll. Estimates of the number of deaths range from the hundreds to the thousands.
The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai sais the events that took place on Tiananmen square and the surrounding streets remain as taboo as they ever were - a reminder that there has been little if any political reform in the past 24 years.
04 Jun, 2013
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