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A Chinese exile is interviewed by a radio journalist opposite his embassy a day after the Tiananmen Sq massacre. Using old technology consisting of a tape recorder and analogue microphone, the reporter records the words of an activist, his words being broadcast, potentially across the world. The political crackdown that initiated on June 3–4 1989 became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre as troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military’s advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks.

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A Chinese exile is interviewed by a radio journalist opposite his embassy a day after the Tiananmen Sq massacre. Using old technology consisting of a tape recorder and analogue microphone, the reporter records the words of an activist, his words being broadcast, potentially across the world. The political crackdown that initiated on June 3–4 1989 became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre as troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military’s advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks.