Peking in wake of Tiananmen massacre

Title

Peking in wake of Tiananmen massacre

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

2 linked reports as Gareth Furby travels across Peking (now called Beijing) in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre and sees bullet holes and residents looting an abandoned army truck and a high army presence. His driver Ian Northcote says secret police are moving against universities whose students were involved in the political demonstrations that led up to the massacre.

Contributors

Gareth Furby; Ian Northcote

Keywords

Political demonstrations; Armed forces; Political protests; China; Homicide; Soldiers; Peking; Looting; Beijing; Tiananmen Square

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