Beijing arrests students; expels US journalists

Title
Beijing arrests students; expels US journalists
Genre
News report
TX Date
14 Jun 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:01:34
Description
Gareth Furby reports from Beijing on the continuing military and political crackdown on dissidents. Comments on the arrest of Zhou Fengsuo, a 22 year-old physics student at Qinghua University in Beijing, who was arrested in Xian, and was said to have been turned in by his sister and her husband. Xiong Yan, a graduate student of law at Beijing University, was also arrested. In the meantime, American journalists, John Pomfret and Alan Pessin were given three days to leave the country.
Contributors
Gareth Furby
Keywords
USA; Deportation; China; International relations; Students; Journalists; Military law; Foreigners; Arrests; Beijing; Fang Lizhi; Li Shuxian; Zhou Fengsuo; Xiong Yan; John Pomfret; Alan Pessin

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