as the protests were largely censored in the mainland china, the alliance was one of the main sources of both the mainland and the local people to learn about the event. on the 20th anniversary of tiananmen square protests of 1989, the alliance recorded a large increase in number of the attendees of the vigil, as many young generation attended the vigil. a year before the alliance also organised events and protests in support of the charter 08 movement launched by the mainland democracy activists such as liu xiaobo. after szeto wah, the alliance's founding chairman died in 2011, the chairmanship was occupied by lee cheuk-yan. in 2014, the alliance opened the june 4th museum, the world's first memorial museum for the tiananmen protests. in 2014, albert ho took over lee as the alliance chairman.