Main content

The Tiananmen Square Massacre

In June 1989 the communist authorities in China crushed a huge pro-democracy protest in Beijing. Diane Wei Liang and Hayou Zhang were among the protestors.

In June 1989 the communist authorities in China crushed a huge pro-democracy protest in Beijing. Demonstrators, most of them students, had been occupying Tiananmen Square for weeks on end. On June 4th the army was sent in to clear the area, killing hundreds. Diane Wei Liang and Hayou Zhang were among the protestors - they remember that day.

(Photo: Demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

9 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Jun 2014 09:50GMT

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Jun 2014 07:50GMT
  • Sun 8 Jun 2014 09:50GMT

Featured in...

Podcast