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REVOLUTIONARY
MOVEMENTS IN MODERN CHINA
THE TIANANMEN SQUARE INCIDENT
BROADCAST
DATE: JUNE 4, 1990
(The first anniversary of the crackdown on prodemocracy students and their supporters in Tiananmen Square initated by Chinese military troops)
TOPIC:
an evaluation of the impact and long range importance (both domestic and international) of the Prodemocracy Movement and its suppression
PANELISTS:
- ZHAO ZIYANG
/ CHAO TZU-YANG
(1919 - ), PROMINENT CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL REMOVED FROM HIS POSTS FOR SUPPORTING THE PRODEMOCRACY STUDENT MOVEMENT
[KARLA SPEHAR]
- LI PENG / LI P'ENG (1928 - ), HARD-LINE COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER
- FANG LIZHI / FANG LI-CHIH (1936
- ), ASTROPHYSICIST AND PROMINENT DISSIDENT LIVING IN EXILE IN THE
UNITED STATES
[BRAD PHELPS]
[UMAR FAROOQ]