Tiananmen Editorial
On 21 May 1989, as concerns in Hong Kong about the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests were reaching fever pitch, the paper took a principled position opposing the enforcement of martial law by the PLA amid pro-democracy protests by students and political activists. The editorial column was filled with four large Chinese characters - reading "deep grief and bitter hatred". The decision was made by Lee Tze-chung, who had been president of the paper since 1951, and Kam Yiu-yu, the editor-in-chief. Lee was released from his duties shortly afterwards, while Kam went into exile in the United States.
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