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Silence covers 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Squaremassacre

Season 2014 Episode 1550 | 2m 57s

Twenty-five years ago, pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square were massacred indiscriminately by Chinese authorities in a government crackdown that captured the world’s attention. Today the incident garners little attention in China. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on how China marked the anniversary.

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