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While China has tried to whitewash any commemoration or mention of June 4, formerly British-ruled Hong Kong has remained the only city on Chinese soil where annual June 4 vigils, remembrances and protests are tolerated. Faced with growing student indifference, the Hong Kong University Student Union kicked off the three-day vote on whether China should "rectify" its verdict that the June 4 protests were counter-revolutionary and that killings were justified. "After 20 years of denial and injustice, the world has had enough," the union said in explaining the need for a referendum. "As the heirs to those who have fought and died for the freedoms which we now enjoy, we all share a duty to step forward on their behalf lest all their sacrifices be in vain." The vote comes amid recent signs of on-campus tensions in Hong Kong between democratic-minded students and conservative elements wanting to tone down the criticism of Beijing, particularly among students from mainland China. The demonstrations that drew more than a million people on to Beijing's streets are now a fading memory and the killings are still taboo in mainland Chinese media. A so-called "democracy wall" on the University of Hong Kong's campus used to raise awareness of June 4 through photographs, essays and posters was recently vandalized. Forums leading up to June 4 have also been proven divisive with mainland students booed when expressing views closely aligned with the Communist Party, namely that the crackdown was necessary to maintain stability. "Hong Kong is a place in China where people can still openly remember June 4th," said Li Yiu-kee, a student and committee member of the Hong Kong Alliance in support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China which organizes a mass candlelight vigil each year in a downtown park. 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