Looking Back on the Tiananmen Massacre

On June 4, 1989 the Chinese government ordered the People’s Liberation Army to turn its weapons and tanks on innocent, unarmed students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. On the 31st Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, the Human Rights Foundation spoke with • American investigative journalist and Tiananmen eyewitness Claudia Rosett • Tiananmen massacre survivor, and former Chinese political prisoner, Yang Jianli • BuzzFeed news world correspondent Mega Rajagopalan •Chinese Canadaian actress and beauty queen turned human rights activist Anastasia Lin • Founding director of Hong Kong Democracy Council Samuel M. Chu • Hong Kong based journalist and activist Frances Hui

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