In 1989, protests by students in Tiananmen Square changed the course of history — resulting in a massacre the Chinese government still denies today. Watch CNN’s coverage from on the ground that year. After the Chinese government pulled the plug on the broadcast, CNN reported by telephone and used video travelers snuck out of the country. #CNN #News
Tiananmen Square: Rarely seen video of the 1989 protests in China
These people of the Tiananmen Square were and still are heroes. They fought not only for their freedom but also for freedom all over the world.
I am convinvced without them the Fall of the Berlin Wall some months later (October 1989) would not have been possible. Their deaths made path for our freedom, as this desaster and murder crime was feared to be committed repeatedly.
May they rest in peace. And may the survivors find freedom at last.
@Peter Seth yeah now you just being funny good one
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YOU feel Safe with Brandon
” in charge ” or Kamala Cackel ??
ONE is Hopelessly CONFUSED the other…has NO answers and constantly Laughs like a Lunatic !! Tell me that SOMETHING doesn’t SERIOUSLY STINK
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@Anita Parks I used to be a Democrat born and raised been about 22 years I have seen the light. The Democrat party does nothing to keep us strong and safe.
@A person from the internet troll without borders. freelance troll. troll for hire.
@Peter Seth poor you… I whish you a clear and bright sight.
Some things never change.
😠 Fuk Danny Barrientes what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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Remember when CNN said they were going to be more even in their political reporting about a year ago. Well that was just for the midterm elections. Instead of reports on keeping Biden responsible, this is what you get – an old if good – DOES NOT stick to even political reporting. YES CNN LIED. Don’t believe me then look back at the past twenty videos here.
I was too young when this happened to appreciate the horror that this massacre was. This is the first time I’ve seen this and what I have known about this I admit I never really paid attention to or actually tried to educate myself about. I am absolutely appalled at this absolute abuse of power.
Edit- reading thru the comments I keep seeing people’s gratitude for the upkeep of these historical records. I agree. Thank you for preserving the facts of what happened. These people deserve to be remembered. These crimes against humanity should have its shameful truths shown to the world so we may all learn from this. So it wasn’t for nothing in the end
@RULE 303 An attack on the public to have free speech anywhere should be pushed back on. When a government like China and their media or a government like the US and their media attempt to squelch speech or protests then we have a responsibility to bring it up. Yes this video was not a good choice, but since I have little respect for CNN and most news TV outlets and their propaganda I will lose no sleep.
@Andrew Pinson you realize most of what trump said about the media was all bullshit right?
@Andrew Pinson dammit I shouldn’t have replied. You right wing nut jobs will argue with fenceposts…
@RULE 303 I am guessing from your last comment that you are the fencepost.
@Andrew Pinson lol, sometimes. I apologize. I shouldn’t have mad assumptions. CNN does have its own agenda. So does fox news and all the others. And its not something to argue about. Our country is divided enough.
To think that Tankman was out buying groceries one day then decided to single-handedly stand before a column of tanks. There were no cameras around him. He didn’t know he was being watched or filmed. No Tik Tok or YouTube or Twitch — he didn’t do it for clout or social media. Here stood a lone warrior of authenticity, armed with shopping bags of plastic and the biggest balls of steel, who gave a small voice to everyone who cried for freedom by daring to take a stand. Little did he know his voice was amplified to the world from the distant camera secretly filming him from afar. Think of all the people who were like Tankman but never caught on film. Tankman isn’t just Tankman. He is all of those people. He is one of us.
Stand up for what’s right, even if you think you stand alone.
People in China probably never saw the video
Today I learned Tankman happened AFTER the massacre took place. I always assumed it was before. At that time he knew the PLA was killing civilians and did it anyway. Incredible.
@Luke not my country, not my problem, dude. i’m from asia. just pointing it out. both left and right have mental cases.
He didn’t actually die or was harmed and was pushed out of the way later, but still…
His “voice”? So what did he say to the tank commander then left safely?
I’m so glad you showed this. It’s been a while, but we need to be reminded that the Chinese people have fought in the past for freedom. Now they’re angry again.
😠 Fuk BlueKarma what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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I lived in China for six years and the internet always got really slow around the anniversary of this, I suspect they were doing extra monitoring. It’s interesting because young people who travel outside of China hear about this for the first time and often don’t believe it but it wasn’t that long ago and their parents or grandparents probably remember it. I hope this time things end differently with the current protests.
Your comment is why the Twitter files are so important
I’m currently in China (Hangzhou), and the protests occurring now are nothing like 1989. The media is trying to make it look that way. However, the censorship is stronger than ever, especially during ‘sensitive events’. The ‘slow internet’ you experienced six years ago was nothing like right now. I can barely stay online. It’s like they literally turn off the internet.
I remember watching this as a kid at school. Thank you CNN for keeping this record and reminding me of what my teacher said of how important this was even though as a child I didn’t understand. Now as a grown man I look back at it and see it’s importance.
😠 Fuk Demarcus Faulkner what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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水军多哦
Now, most of Chinese support Chinese government to stop the riot.
I remember going to China in 1990 (I was only 9 years old)….my parents told our tour guide in Beijing about the massacre in Tianamen Square the year before and (a) she was shocked to tears about this information and (b) was very scared when my parents offered to post her newspaper articles about the event :/
😠 Fuk Ed Siebert what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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your parents were risking their lives bringing that up lol
@Sednas I don’t think so…China was starting to try and welcome western tourists at that time plus it was with our guide and not any official body
Thank you so much for posting this. At 37 yrs old, all I’d ever seen of Tiananmen Square was the “tank man” footage, and I’d always wanted to see more of what happened, to better understand that which the Chinese government continues to suppress to this day. It really helps provide context to the current protests. May today’s leaders make different choices than in 1989.
😠 Fuk Tulpen23 what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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This is only a very small selection of the footage. There is much more. They even created a “free” zone with tents and all. Even several Western celebrities went to visit them. All that is not shown here. It was really a struggle for the heats and minds, but the Chinese government chose to just use brutal lethal force. Honk Kong used to remember them every year, but last year that also was cracked down.
If you see at min 17 ish, the famous man VS tank, western media almost ALWAYS censored the last part that actually there are 2 people came in and brought the man to a safe place. The censor is created to give you the feeling that he will be run over by it. not too long ago, Redacted channel has a talk about it. You should check it out. Search this on YouTube, you should be able to find it. The U.S. is pushing China towards war Redacted with Clayton Morris
The US is pushing China towards war Redacted with Clayton Morris
Reminds me of the *Jan 6th Massacre in Washington D.C.* where numerous American protestors were shot and killed by the ruthless police inside the country’s Capitol building 😭
There are live coverages from other western countries, the CCP wasn’t able to stop all the broadcasting. I have seen videos of people dropping to the ground beside reporters, some are too graphic for YouTube, but you can Google it.
Knowing that the people of China have fought against their government before just like they are today is something that is important to history. The past is always important to history so the world is reminded of what has happened and the lives lost.
Fighting through a iron chain of commands is mad, this is the work of the west to use Chinese as a tool to fight it’s government without enough firearms. Without enough war machines and rebels, it’s mad in attempt to overthrown the iron curtain, this is a sick work of the west to spread the freedom of speech in China, very childish! The outcome was so obvious back then, the west had used these people to spread their propaganda in the west but has so little effects in mainland China. Even to date, the CCP is trying ti covering up this old time event in Hong Kong, with over 90% of it’s people know too well what the truths are!
They were kids and didn’t know what they were doing. Their parents had different opinion with them.
@Maxxxie Lorenzo but they had breached inside of government buildings, not stayed on public streets, as well as carried weapons and wore crude armor- completely different than the unarmed Chinese students of Tienanmen Square, as well, the numbers protesting on January 6th are less than a tenth of a single percentage point than those of most historic protests around America and the world.
The Chinese people have fought against their governments many times, that’s why today’s Chinese Government will always put the interest of the Chinese people first, and it enjoys enormous support from the people.
If only the western nation did the same. Capitalism is going to drag this planet to the ground.
I was there, as a child. It’s a trauma that I have dealt with my entire life.
@Mountainpeak Cloud How do you think when you know the leader Dan Wang stole $400,000 from Taiwan?
@David Turnbull don’t mind him. he’s a freelance troll.
@Michael Cheng I hear you brother. Praying that one day China could know a taste of freedom.
@K3rnelPan1c442 don’t look towards the US for inspiration, given the current state of affairs.
I cannot believe this was only 33 years ago..so many older people in china must remember something?
It seems that I have returned to an unforgettable experience more than 30 years ago. I was a graduate student at the time. I went to Tiananmen Square to protest every day. When hope was destroyed, we chose to leave and went to a democracy and freedom country in 1990. From USA I love.
It’s so sad to see… I’m crying. Today in China, there will never be a chance to even see that amount of protests and love for freedom because the Chinese Communist Party’s control is so much more meticulous now.
The vast majority in China know nothing about this, and if they do know about it they were told a much different story that places the government as a hero and oftentimes with American/Western forces being the ones that were to blame, or something as ridiculous.
China looks to be going into a very bad direction right now, I fear…. Only one government in the world could manage enslaving their whole population and committing several genocides at one time and still being everyone’s number one trading partner…
FREE TIBET/STOP THE GENOCIDE
FREE MONGOLIA/STOP THE GENOCIDE
FREE EAST TURKMENISTAN/XINJIANG STOP THE GENOCIDE
FREE THE FALUN GONG/STOP THE GENOCIDE
Oriental spy.
Are you one of paid by America to make chaos?
@JussWunuhSmial you forgot free taiwan and hongkong
What are you doing now?
Such a tragedy that plagues China to this day. To have the audacity to do this to its own peaceful protesters and students, really sad. They were so close to reforming this darkness that was present in the heart of China, but it was allowed to endure. My heart goes out to all those people who were there and hope that one day freedom will ring once again. When a solider shots with no reason on his own people just blindly following orders, he stops being a soldier and turns into a mindless and heartless drone. That is why our armies should know every second why they are fighting and if need be ignore the orders that come from the scared individuals above them. Hope Russian soldiers realizes that too, and all others for the sake of mankind.
😠 Fuk hzubovi1 what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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It was so hard to see this again, yet alone imagine what it was like to have actually lived it. And still suppression and war persists😢
😠 Fuk Jeanne-Marie what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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Remember Tiananmen Square! Now I remember how hard I cried for the students, and for the workers who came to support them.
😠 Fuk Lauren Caulton what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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I remember them too…
Tiananmen Square: 1989 protests in China <=> Jan 6th Protests
One of the most impressive yet horrifying events that shaped the end of the 80’s. To see those beautiful young people mowed down like they were nothing was despicable. I do know that China has had some unrest recently, I pray the people will band together again and work to gain their freedom, because no one should be suppressed, ever! RIP brave souls.
😠 Fuk afveteran78 what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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Now just Imagine ….IF a million demonstrators had Weapons too
To SCHOOT BACK !
German Immigrant to USA
On that day US Embassy in Beijing telegraphed to Washington that there was no massacre happened in Tiananmen Square. Wikileaks
Thank you for digging this out and presenting it in a thoughtful way. There are generations of people who aren’t aware of exactly what happened here and there seems to be a trend of denying the atrocities of the past at the moment, which only lays the foundations for them to eventually repeat. Hopefully more historical events like this can be shared
Good words Andy, and while I agree that history needs more prevalence, you can only lead a horse to water.
@yortomatic absolutely. Thankfully, the water is here to be drank. Which is essentially sacred when you consider there are those who are trying to manufacture a man-made drought
I feel so many sad emotions watching this video, I can’t even imagine how Chinese citizens will feel if they watch it too , just like that young girl that felt angry.
My condolences to all the families whom lost one of their kids or members in that time. Also feel for those still in jail or concentrations camps for doing the right thing in China .
😠 Fuk Massi lez what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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So much respect to CNN for sharing this report.
😠 Fuk Kuno F what you saying here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFR8ZSr-eA
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Almost cry. These students are incredibly brave. 😢They are the people who push the history process.
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