Anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown passes off quietly

Participants attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

The 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday.

Security was tight on Wednesday around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989.