For Hong Kong students, marking Tiananmen may now require ‘hide and seek’

HONG KONG — A group of university students in Hong Kong have found an unusual and creative way to mark the 33rd anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square crackdown, as the city moves to stifle commemoration of the massacre.

Over the past week, 3D-printed palm-sized figurines of the Goddess of Democracy — a symbol of the 1989 Beijing protests — have been placed around the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s campus. The organizers of the Finding Goddess of Democracy campaign invited CUHK students to look for the miniatures to remember victims of the massacre, many of whom were students.