PBS NewsHour

Tiananmen Square resonates in China despite ‘amnesia’

Clip: 06/04/2014 | 7m 54s

Twenty-five years after hundreds of pro-democracy protesters were massacred in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, officials in the city prevented any attempt to mark the anniversary. Jeffrey Brown talks with Louisa Lim of NPR and Xiao Qiang of University of California, Berkeley for insight on how the incident is remembered, and how it helped shape today’s China.

Aired: 06/04/14

Rating: NR

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