Tear gas no rubber bullets but will beijing give hong kong the freedom and autonomy it so desperately wants and why is the west been so reluctant to unequivocally back up the protesters and their calls for democracy. Our topic today chinas power play hong kong for trade talk about this im joined by walk away from did abuse asia desk he says china wanted to experiment with the rule of law and democracy in hong kong with one country 2 systems and now also has the make concessions. Botches the Senior Expert on egypt where the Bertelsmann Foundation base here in berlin he says comes the half percent or all the global competition of systems western democracies should show solidarity and resilience and the ability to learn. And cherry chan is from hong kong. Works for g. W. Social media team in berlin she says chinas propaganda war is only uniting the people of hong kong and they will not stop viking on the streets until they get a real response from the government. Thanks so much to all of
Hong Kong authorities on Saturday detained multiple people as they pounced on any attempt at public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, while around the world tribute was paid to the victims of the bloody event.
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What Happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and Why It Still Matters Three Decades Later
The hyper-nationalist, assertive popular mood that we see in Xi Jinpingâs China today, nurtured by the party-state, is a direct consequence of decisions taken by the Communist leadership that year.
A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal peace in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
In his new book,
Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest; A Diplomat Looks Back, Vijay Gokhale has given us a precise, accurate and valuable account by an eyewitness of a pivotal incident in contemporary Chinese politics â the demonstrations and clearing of Tiananmen square. This book is an analytical and detailed look at the events of three months in 1989 in Beijing, shorn of the myths that Western and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda attached to them, then and later.