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Tiananmen square massacre

Title
Tiananmen square massacre
Genre
Speech
TX Date
9 Jun 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:00:23
Description
Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke speaking at a memorial service is overcome by emotion as he decribes the massacre of political demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Peking (now called Beijing) by Chinese troops.
Contributors
Bob Hawke
Keywords
Political demonstrations; Armed forces; Political protests; China; Homicide; Peking; Beijing; Tiananmen Square

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