London: Streets around Chinese Embassy 'renamed' Tiananmen Square on anniversary of crackdown

Amnesty International activists today ‘renamed’ the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 30th anniversary of the notorious Tiananmen Square crackdown. This morning, a total of 30 authentic-looking ‘Tiananmen Square’ street signs were displayed in the streets around the embassy in central London. Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen and Dr Shao Jiang - one of the original student protest leaders who was in Tiananmen Square on the night of 4 June – placed a ‘Tiananmen Square’ sign immediately outside the Chinese Embassy building. Kate Allen said: “Thirty years after the