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20 years ago today

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by deskslave, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

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    Found this interesting: A reflection on how Tiananmen Square was CNN's big break and one of the first real "live" international stories.

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/cnn.tiananmen.coverage/
     
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    deskslave, Jun 3, 2009
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  2. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    I thought this thread would be about this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini

    Only slightly kidding. Both were huge stories. Tiananmen Square overshadowed the other by quite a bit.
     
    Football_Bat, Jun 3, 2009
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  3. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/
     
    Del_B_Vista, Jun 3, 2009
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  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Has anyone every found out who that guy was, and what happened to him (although I can guess ...)
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jun 3, 2009
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  5. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    I always heard that his family was billed for the cost of the bullet that executed him. But that is probably an urban legend.
     
    RickStain, Jun 3, 2009
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  6. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    I had graduated from law school and had a tour of the Far East all lined up after taking the bar exam in July, including a great deal of time in China. With civil unrest brewing, bailed on the Far East and drove cross-country with my buddy in his brand new Jeep Cherokee. It was great to see the US from California to New York but man I wish Tiananmen Square never happened so I could have taken that trip.
     
    qtlaw, Jun 3, 2009
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  7. Boomer7

    Boomer7 Active Member

    People have tried to find out, to no avail. This was an interesting program:

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/
     
    Boomer7, Jun 3, 2009
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