CHINA: WIDENING CRACKDOWN AGAINST GOVERNMENT DISSIDENTS.

Record ID: 988890

  • Title: CHINA: WIDENING CRACKDOWN AGAINST GOVERNMENT DISSIDENTS.
  • Date: 16th December 1998
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: CROWD MILLING ON TIANANMEN SQUARE UNDER MAO PORTRAIT 0.05 2. CU: EMBLEM OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 0.09 3. GV: POLICEMEN IN CROWD 0.16 4. GV: PHOTOS OF HANGZHOU DISSIDENTS 0.19 5. CU: BLACK AND WHITE STILL PHOTO OF DISSIDENT WANG YOUCAI 0.27 6. CU: COLOUR PHOTO OF WANG YOUCAI 0.32 7. GV: COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS 0.37 HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 15, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 8. SV/SCU/CU: LABOUR LEADER AND DISSIDENT HAN DONGFANG AT RADIO STATION/ SIGN "RADIO FREE ASIA" (3 SHOTS) 1.00 9. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAN SAYING: "They want the Chinese authority to prove that, that's why they formed the party. But unfortunately in this case, the Democratic Party in in China really showed us that so far, the Chinese government has tried to show their pretty face to the international community is only a show. They don't really want to do that." 1.33 BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 19, 1997) (CCTV - ACCES ALL) 10. LV: HIGH VIEW OF 15TH PARTY CONGRESS 1.39 11. MV/GV: PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN, LI PENG AND QIAO SHI ARRIVING/ APPLAUSE (3 SHOTS) 1.50 SHANGHAI, CHINA (FILE) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 12. TV: HIGH VIEW OF PRISONERS IN PRISON YARD 1.56 13. LV: GUARD SHOUTING ORDERS, PRISONERS MARCHING 2.03 14. LV: GUARDS SUPERVISING PRISONERS UNDERGOING REFORM THROUGH LABOUR IN PRISON YARD 2.10 15. GV: GUARD SHOUTING ORDERS, PRISONERS ENTERING BUILDING 2.19 16. CU: VIEW FROM PRISON CELL 2.25 HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 16, 1998) 17. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAN SAYING: "My impression of him (referring to other dissident Qin Yongmin) is that he is a very intelligent man and all he wants to do is the correct way. He believed that in China, we should have the peaceful transition from dictatorship into democratic system. This is my impression of him." 2.57 BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - JUNE 1989) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 18. GV: THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS ON TIANANMEN SQUARE, SURROUNDING STATUE OF "GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY" OPPOSITE MAO PORTRAIT 3.03 19. MV: STUDENTS MARCHING IN STREETS 3.09 20. CU/MV: STUDENT LEADER WANG DAN SPEAKING IN LOUDSPEAKER/ ACTIVISTS CHANTING SLOGANS (2 SHOTS) 3.19 BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - JUNE 3-4, 1989) (NBC - NO ACCESS USA/CNN) 21. GV: ARMY TANKS CRUSHING BARRICADES, VEHICLE ON FIRE (2 SHOTS) 3.30 22. MV: PEOPLE CARRYING CASUALTY TO HOSPITAL 3.35 23. LV: DAYTIME SCENE, ARMY FIRING, CROWD RUNNING AWAY 3.39 24. LV: TANKS AND TROOPS OCCUPYING TIANANMEN SQUARE AFTER CRUSHING PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT 3.45 HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 16, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 25. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAN SAYING: "This is hard to say and anything could happen with this situation. This is a political sentence. Whatever sentence they would give them, they would give them. It doesn't matter what the law says. And well, it's hard to guess. I can feel that this time, it's really a serious problem for them." 4.16 BEIJING, CHINA (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 26. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF WANG YOUCAI 4.23 27. PHOTOS OF HANGZHOU ACTIVISTS 4.28 28. GV: DISSIDENT XU WENLI AND WIFE HE XINTONG WALKING OUTSIDE 4.35 29. CU: CLOSE-UP OF XU 4.43 30. GV/CU: MAO PORTRAIT ON TIANANMEN, CLOSE-UP OF STONE LION (2 SHOTS) 4.50 31. SV: POLICE MILLING AROUND 4.55 32. GV: RED FLAGS FLYING OVER TIANANMEN 5.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: HONG KONG, BEIJING AND SHANGHAI, CHINA
  • Country: China
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