Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party is a PBS two-hour special about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
About the show + Student leaders & Main NarratorsNameOrigin and affiliationShen TongBeijing; Peking UniversityWu'erkaixi (Örkesh)Xinjiang; Beijing Normal UniversityWang DanBeijing; Peking University On June 4, 1989, a large and peaceful pro-democracy demonstration was violently suppressed, resulting in a disputed number of deaths. The events had a significant impact on the political, as well as, social development of China.
The film premiered on June 25, 2019. It features eyewitness accounts from several people who were present during the events, including a communist party member who was interviewed secretly. It also makes use of The Tiananmen Papers.
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