CHINA/ USA: TEN YEARS AFTER TIANANMEN SQURE, CHINESE DISSIDENTS IN EXILE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY

Record ID: 990417

  • Title: CHINA/ USA: TEN YEARS AFTER TIANANMEN SQURE, CHINESE DISSIDENTS IN EXILE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
  • Date: 25th May 1999
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (RECENT) (REUTERS LIBRARY ) 1. CHINESE DEMONSTRATORS, ANGRY ABOUT NATO BOMBING THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN BELGRADE, MARCHING OUTSIDE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BEIJING. 2. DEMONSTRATORS THROWING A BURNING AMERICAN FLAG AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. 3. DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING. BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA (RECENT) (REUTERS -- LIBRARY ) 4. CHINESE EMBASSY IN BELGRADE, DAMAGED BY NATO BOMBING. BEIJING, CHINA (RECENT) ( REUTERS - LIBRARY) 5. CHINESE DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING OUTSIDE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BEIJING. 6. DEMONSTRATORS BURNING THE AMERICAN FLAG. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE 1989) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 7. LEADER OF STUDENT PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS SPEAKING THROUGH LOUDSPEAKER TO THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE 8. STUDENT PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS WALKING. NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHEN TONG, STUDENT LEADER OF THE 1989 TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS, RECALLING, " There was a great feeling about interconnectedness among people, I think it happens in any mass movement. We felt this great ---- love is in the air. Everybody felt so good about themselves and related to each other in a very warm, open way." BEIJING,CHINA (JUNE 4, 1989) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 10. TRUCK CARRYING SOLDIERS OF CHINA'S PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY INTO TIANANMEN SQUARE, WITH GUNFIRE AUDIBLE. 11. PROTESTERS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE NEAR A BURNING VEHICLE. 12. PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS AT BUS BEING DRIVEN THROUGH TIANANMEN SQUARE. 13. CROWD OF DEMONSTRATORS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE DURING THE CRACKDOWN, SHOT FROM BEHIND. 14. WIDE VIEW OF CHINESE TROOPS AND TANKS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE. 15. WOUNDED CIVILIAN. 16. TANK ROLLING OVER A FENCE IN TIANANMEN SQUARE. NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER TIANANMEN STUDENT LEADER SHEN TONG, RECALLING THE FEELINGS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS AFTER THE MILITARY CRACKDOWN: " When the massacre happened, despair ,and all of a sudden, this short-lived, beautiful dream was gone, and what's left of that is blood on the street and bullet holes in our window." UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS IN CHINA (JUNE, 1989) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) 18. INDIVIDUALS UNDER ARREST FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS. BEIJING, CHINA ( RECENT) ( REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 19. WIDE VIEW OF TIANANMEN SQUARE. 20. WORKERS RENOVATING TIANANMEN SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 21. LEADERS OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS SEATED AT A PANEL DISCUSSION AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 22. FORMER TIANANMEN SQUARE STUDENT LEADER LI LU WALKING DOWN STREET IN NEW YORK. 23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LI LU ,TALKING ABOUT THE REASON WHY MEMBERS OF HIS GENERATION JOINED THE PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE: "The choice is either staging a battle that might involve the risk of your life, or an alternative of a permanent slavery. In 1989, some of us --- I guess our generation collectively --- decided its time to fight." 24. LU JINGHUA WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN NEW YORK. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 25. OVERHEAD VIEW OF CHINESE SECURITY FORCES FIRING WEAPONS AS PEOPLE ON BICYCLES AND ON FOOT RUN AWAY. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 26. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin with English translation) LU JINGHUA RECALLING HER SHOCK WHEN SHE SAW CHINESE SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE ON CHINESE CIVILIANS: " It's impossible," she said."How could the Chinese send troops to kill their own people. We don't believe this at all. The People's Liberation Army should protest the people, and the people would support the army. We were taught that when we were very young." 27. WANG JUNTAO WALKING ON CAMPUS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION IN CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS - LIBRARY) 28. PRISONERS , WATCHED BY A GUARD, WALKING ON THE GROUNDS OF A MODEL PRISON. 29. WINDOW OF THE PRISON. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 30. WANG JUNTAO LEADING A MEETING OF LAWYERS FROM CHINA, WHO WORK WITH THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT, EXCHANGING VIEWS WITH AN AMERICAN CHINA SCHOLAR ABOUT LEGAL REFORM IN CHINA. UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS IN CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS -LIBRARY) 31. CHINESE ON A CITY STREET. 32. OVERHEAD VIEW OF A CITY STREET. 33. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS BEING SOLD AT A SMALL MARKET ALONG A ROAD. 34. POOR MAN ON A STREET. 35. PEOPLE SWEEPING A STREET. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) ( REUTERS - ACCESS ALL ) 36. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WANG JUNTAO SAYING, " During the 1980's, we had to be brave to fight for democracy. Now, we have to be smarter." 37. STAFF OF THE OFFICE OF THE ORGANIZATION HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA LOOKING AT THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA. 38. WEBSITE PAGES VISIBLE WHICH DISCUSS EFFORTS FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN CHINA AND THE COMING TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 39. EXTERIOR OF "INTERNET CAFE" IN BEIJING. 39. INTERIOR OF "INTERNET CAFE" IN BEIJING, WHERE ONE PATRON WAS READING A WEBSITE OF A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TALKING ABOUT THE EVENTS OF JUNE 4, 1989. NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 40. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER TIANANMEN SQUARE STUDENT LEADER SHEN TONG SAYING, : "You don't see mass demonstrations every day, you can't see that. But with extremely difficult conditions and very limited resources, they have been able to command a mass following in the 1990's in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre." BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 41. PATRON OF "INTERNET CAFE" IN BEIJING READING A COMPUTER SCREEN. 42. CHINESE CHARACTERS ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN. 43. SHOPPERS WALKING PAST THE ENTRANCE OF A DEPARTMENT STORE. 44. CROWDED BEIJING STREET OUTSIDE SHEZHEN, SOUTHERN CHINA (DECEMBER, 1999) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) 45. CLASH BETWEEN CHINESE VILLAGERS AND POLICE WHO WANTED TO DEMOLISH THEIR HOMES. THE POLICE HAD CALLED THE DWELLINGS ILLEGAL. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 46. EXTERIOR OF STORE WITH ENGLISH LETTERING IDENTIFYING IT AS "BEIJING FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS" STORE. 47. PATRONS OF THE STORE LOOKING AT WESTERN BOOKS. UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION IN CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS - LIBRARY) 48. VILLAGERS VOTING IN AN ELECTION TO CHOOSE VILLAGE-LEVEL OFFICIALS. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) 49. TRIAL OF FORMER BEIJING MAYOR CHEN XITONG FOR CORRUPTION. JUDGE IS SEEN READING CHEN'S SENTENCE. 50. CHEN XITONG, STANDING BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS, LISTENING TO HIS SENTENCE BEING READ BY JUDGE. SHANGHAI, CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS LIBRARY) 51. EXTERIOR OF A POLICE STATION. 52. THROUGH A WINDOW, A MAN IN POLICE DETENTION IS SEEN BEING HIT REPEATED IN THE FACE. HANDCUFFS FASTEN HIS HANDS TO THE WINDOW BEHIND HIM. NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 53. SHEN TONG WALKING INTO OFFICE OF DEMOCRACY FOR CHINA FUND ,SIGN READING "DEMOCRACY FOR CHINA FUND" IS VISIBLE. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS - LIBRARY) 54. WANG DAN, TIANANMEN SQUARE STUDENT LEADER, WAVING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES TO BEGIN LIFE IN EXILE. 55. CHINESE DISSIDENT WEI JINGSHENG IN NEW YORK SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR LIFE IN EXILE. NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 56. SHEN TONG WORKING AT A COMPUTER. 57. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHEN TONG , ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES OF WELCOMING FAMOUS CHINESE DISSIDENTS INTO EXILE BUT IGNORING LESSER-KNOWN CHINESE WHO CAN CONTINUE TO WORK IN CHINA FOR PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC CHANGE. SHEN SAYING, "You support guerrillas, you sell arms, you give arms to opposition forces. And we're talking about a peaceful opposition that advocates liberal democracy, rule of law and market economy --- that's the forces I'm referring to, and there's very little support for that." BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) ( REUTERS LIBRARY) 58. NIGHT SHOT OF TIANANMEN SQUARE WITH PEOPLE THROWING STONES AT TANKS/ FIRES 59. DAY SHOTS OF TIANANMEN SQUARE/ TANKS ON SQUARE/ RED FLAG ABOVE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 60. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER TIANANMEN SQUARE STUDENT LEADER LI LU TALKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE TO SAY IT HAD BEEN WRONG TO USE FORCE TO END THE PROTESTS IN 1989: "For one thing it would say that whatever the people and the students stood for in 1989 becomes a legitimate right for all Chinese. So people can speak, people can organize themselves and demand a dialogue with the government." BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) ( REUTERS LIBRARY) 61. CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN GREETING A VISITOR. 62. CLOSE-UP OF JIANG. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSSETTS, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) 63. TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTEST LEADERS SHEN TONG AND LU JINGHUA AT THE CLOSE OF A PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROTESTS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE) ( POOL - ACCESS ALL) 64. LONE MAN STANDS IN THE PATH OF TANKS DURING THE MILITARY CRACKDOWN ON THE CHINESE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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