Category: Pillar of Shame

Chinese Activists Condemn China’s Secret Agents in US

Pro-democracy activists held activities commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Monterey Park city, Los Angeles, on May 28. Several Chinese students and dissidents attended the “The Pillar of Shame” event, where several speakers condemned Beijing’s secret agents who endanger Chinese nationals living in the United States. The “Pillar of Shame” statue memorializes those killed during…


Hong Kong National Security Police Take Away a Sculpture Under the Name of Inciting Others to Subvert State Power

On May 5, The National Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Police seized the Pillar of Shame (June 4 memorial statue), a sculpture created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, claiming the sculpture to be related to a national security case of “inciting others to subvert state power.” Jens Galschiøt, owner and creator of the Pillar…


Shipment of ‘The Pillar of Shame’ Has Been Delayed for One Whole Year

The “Pillar of Shame” that has been erected at the University of Hong Kong since 1997 to commemorate the June 4 massacre was dismantled and removed by the university at the end of 2021. Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt, creator of the Pillar, issued a statement a few days ago, saying that The University of Hong…


Shipment of ‘The Pillar of Shame’ Has Been Delayed for a Year

The “Pillar of Shame” that had been erected at the University of Hong Kong since 1997 to commemorate the June 4 massacre was dismantled and removed by the university at the end of 2021. Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt, creator of the Pillar, issued a statement a few days ago, saying that The University of Hong…


Why Hong Kong Removed a Tiananmen Memorial

HONG KONG—It happened in the dead of night. Workers at the University of Hong Kong put up barriers that largely blocked their activity from view and, over the next several hours, took the towering “Pillar of Shame” statue and carted it away in a container truck early Thursday . The 26-foot-tall sculpture, which was removed…


Hong Kong University Removes Tiananmen Massacre Statue

HONG KONG—A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark. The 8-meter (26-foot) tall Pillar of Shame, which depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies piled on top of each other, was made by Danish sculptor Jens…


Public University in Hong Kong Orders Removal of Statue to Commemorate Tiananmen Massacre Victims

The oldest public university in Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has ordered the removal of a statue from its campus that have for many years commemorated the victims of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Tiananmen massacre in 1989. The statue dubbed the “Pillar of Shame” was created by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt…


Beijing Pressures Cause Removal of Hong Kong Statue About Tiananmen Massacre

Commentary The West should ban companies from cooperating with totalitarian regimes like China in the suppression of democracy and free speech. A Hong Kong university is using a U.S. and UK law firm to erase the Tiananmen Square massacre’s physical history, in the form of assisting in the removal of an almost sacred Hong Kong…