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Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party

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Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party[1] is a PBS 2 hour Show Special about 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. It "uncovers the true story of the seven-week period that changed China forever".

About the show

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Student leaders & Main Narrators
Name Origin and affiliation
Shen Tong Beijing; Peking University
Wu'erkaixi (Örkesh) Xinjiang; Beijing Normal University
Wang Dan Beijing; 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 pro-democracy movement was "the world’s biggest, longest, and most famous pro-democracy demonstration".

Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party[2] Tiananmen tells the gripping narrative of a period of just seven weeks in which the whole future of China today was founded, where at various turning points, the final outcome could have avoided the massive bloodshed. These turning points unfold over two hours in a story told with the drama and pace of a political thriller.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ TIANANMEN-THE-PEOPLE-VERSUS-THE-PARTY.
  2. ^ The New York Times What’s on TV: ‘The People Versus the Party’.
  3. ^ "PBS to Premiere TIANANMEN: THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE PARTY". June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Amazon Prime Video