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Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in Causeway Bay for an annual candlelight vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and calling for human rights in China, according to organisers. They say they expect a moving and solemn atmosphere and a silence will be observed as the park lights up in commemoration of the event. There will also be speeches, songs, slogans and a mock funeral procession. Candles are handed out at the entrances.

President Xi Jinping opens talks in Costa Rica today on his first official visit to Mexico. China has invested heavily in resource-rich Latin America in recent years, striking major trade deals with governments ranging from Venezuela to Argentina. Although Mexico is the only country in Central America to have diplomatic relations with China, it is one of the few countries in the region where ties have been slow to develop.