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Tiananmen Square
British car history, forgetting Tiananmen and Bohemian National Hall
Journalist and car aficionado Giles Chapman tells the tale of what Britain did to try to stave off disaster in its own auto industry in the 60′s and 70′s; The World’s Mary Kay Magistad explores China’s silence on Tiananmen Square and The World’s Alex Gallafent takes us to a bastion of Czech immigrant culture in New York City. Listen
A legal dispute over remembering Tiananmen
Twenty years ago today, Chinese troops cleared Tiananmen Square. Hundreds, possibly thousands of people were killed in and around the square. Chinese students had been calling for democracy and free speech. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing on an ongoing legal dispute over a documentary about the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown called “The Gate [...]
Show Ender: Tiananmen voices
The BBC’s Chinese Service asked people to share some of their thoughts and recollections about China’s Tiananmen crackdown 20 years ago today. Anchor Lisa Mullins introduces us to two of them. Listen
Remembering Tiananmen
The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. Many Chinese remember the event vividly, but it’s a day the Chinese government would rather forget. Listen
The Lost Voices of Tiananmen Square
Revisit the events of 20 years ago with James Miles. He was the BBC’s China correspondent back then. He’s put together a documentary that weaves archival tape with present-day interviews. The audio brings back the intensity of the protests and the shock of the subsequent crackdown, and the contemporary reporting puts it in historical perspective. Listen
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