Tiananmen Square watch withdrawn from sale by auction house
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#5G245)
Watch given to Chinese troops who took part in 1989 crackdown pulled by Fellows after vendor received online threats
A luxury UK auction house has withdrawn from sale a rare watch given to Chinese soldiers as a reward for their part in the Tiananmen Square massacre, after it said the vendor had received online threats.
The sale of the watch, depicting a green-helmeted soldier and the text 89.6 to commemorate the quelling of the rebellion" in Chinese characters, sparked questions over the ethics of profiting from an item associated with an atrocity.
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