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HONG KONG – A Hong Kong Christian newspaper has left its front page mostly blank ahead of the 35th anniversary of China’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square, as concerns mount about dwindling freedoms in the city.
The weekly Christian Times wrote in its latest issue, seen online on June 1, that it “can only respond to the current situation by turning paragraphs into blank squares and white space”, adding that society has become “restrictive”.
Hong Kong used to be the only place on Chinese soil where people could…