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Bao Tong was taken from home to an undisclosed location. Ziling Ding, founder of the Mothers of Tiananmen, is under house arrest. Threats to dozens of activists and dissidents in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, GuangdongBao Tong was taken from home to an undisclosed location. Ziling Ding, founder of the... more
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We've all somehow been there, even though we've never set foot there: Tiananmen Square, The Square of Heavenly Peace. This is -- as they say -- China's "money shot." Andreea & I were on a very tight schedule which almost caused us to miss our Shanghai connecting flight, but these were some the moving images we snagged as we traversed from north to south along the expanse of this Beijing landmark, from the Forbidden City to Mao's Mausoleum. Sorry I'm mumbling a bit, but the capital was positively freezing on this day. Wind gusts and the like. Thanks again for watching!We've all somehow been there, even though we've never set foot there:... more
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Massive protests, government crackdown, and media blackout—Tehran today sounds like Tiananmen Square two decades ago. But Dan Rather, who covered the China massacre, says the shift in the media landscape over the last two decades means there’s no comparison.
When protests against the official results of Iran’s presidential election were accompanied, almost immediately, by a media crackdown, thoughts turned inevitably to Tiananmen Square. On June 4 of this year, the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown of the student protests in Beijing. It was a milestone that prompted me to go back over my memories of that time, of covering the remarkable student movement from within the square for CBS News, and of having the government pull the plug on our coverage on the evening of May 20, 1989.
With these memories fresher than they had been for years, the Iranian government’s move to control information within Iran and the information that left Iran brought reflexive associations and deep concerns.Massive protests, government crackdown, and media blackout—Tehran today sounds... more
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Mr. Chen and his comrades had just been given chilling orders: to clear the symbolic heart of the nation, even if it meant spilling blood.
Twenty years after Chinese troops shot their way into the center of Beijing, killing hundreds of people and wounding many more, Mr. Chen provided a rare window into the military crackdown that re-established the Communist Party’s supremacy after six weeks of mass unrest and then, for most Chinese, disappeared in an official whitewash.
Speaking publicly for the first time — and defying security officials who have told him to keep silent — he explained how soldiers from the 65th Group Army dressed in civilian clothes on June 3 and stealthily made their way to the Great Hall on Tiananmen Square’s western edge. At midnight, with clips of ammunition slung across their chests, they faced off against demonstrators, the air filled with the singing of students and the sound of gunfire.Mr. Chen and his comrades had just been given chilling orders: to clear the symbolic... more
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Beijing, China - The world's biggest public square - 2 days before the 20th anniversary of June the 4th.Beijing, China - The world's biggest public square - 2 days before the 20th... more
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From the ITN archvives in 1989...
In this classic news report, China Peoples' Liberation Army put down pro-democratic student demonstrations killing hundreds if not thousands of people during the protests in Tian An Men Square.From the ITN archvives in 1989...
In this classic news report, China Peoples'... more
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