AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong s June 4 candlelit vigil over the years
ZEN SOO, Associated Press
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1of21This combination of images between 1997 and 2021 shows thousands of people attend a June 4th candlelight vigil in Hong Kong s Victoria Park to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing, except for this year at bottom right. Hong Kong is the only region under Beijing s jurisdiction that holds significant public commemorations of the 1989 crackdown and memorials for its victims. Hong Kong has a degree of freedom not seen on the mainland as a legacy of British rule that ended in 1997. Top row from left are 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. Second row from left are 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Third row from left are 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Fourth row from left are 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Bottom row from left are 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.APShow MoreShow Less
China s central bank tries to stop surge in currency s value
JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer
May 31, 2021
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, staff member displays an 100-yuan RMB banknote at the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. China’s central bank is trying to restrain the surging exchange rate of its currency, temporarily backtracking in efforts to make the tightly controlled yuan more flexible and market-oriented.Kin Cheung/AP
BEIJING (AP) China’s central bank is trying to restrain the surging exchange rate of its currency, temporarily backtracking in efforts to make the tightly controlled yuan more flexible and market-oriented.