ARCHIVE: Tanks roll into Tiananmen Square (4 June 1989) - BBC Newsnight

The brutal crackdown against the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 marked a turning point in contemporary Chinese history.
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Newsnight dedicated a special programme to the protests on 4 June 1989.

Gavin Esler presents.

Guests in order of appearance: Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary 1983-89, Henry Kissinger former United States Secretary of State, Edward Heath former prime minister and Gerald Kaufman, Shadow Foreign Secretary 1987-92.


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