4 June 2014
Post by BBC World News.
Tom Brokaw: How I Secretly Reported on Tiananmen Square (video)
On the twenty fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Tom Brokaw reflects back on his landmark report.
Update: Photos China Doesn’t Want You to See
Thousands of people were massacred in and around Beijing’s main square, Tiananmen, 25 years ago today. Student-lead, unlimited hunger strikes were part of mass pro-democracy protests against the Chinese government in Beijing. Since the bloody event, China has attempted to erase any reference to the Tiananmen crackdown from books, television and the Internet, to rid it from public discussion…
