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Hong Kong’s Goddess of Democracy was inspired by the original 10-metre tall Goddess of Democracy erected by the Chinese pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square during May–June 1989.Three successive political controversies surrounded the 6.4-metre bronze replica sculpted by Chen Weiming in 2010 in the backdrop to the twenty-first anniversary of the suppression of the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement – firstly it was seized by the Hong Kong police at a street rally at the public open space in Times Square Causeway Bay on the grounds that the display violated safety regulations; secondly the sculptor who came to Hong Kong to examine the sculpture for possible damage whilst in police custody was denied entry into Hong Kong on 2 June.
