LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Tiananmen square massacre

Genre

Speech

TX Date

9 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke speaking at a memorial service is overcome by emotion as he decribes the massacre of political demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Peking (now called Beijing) by Chinese troops.

Contributors

Bob Hawke

Keywords

Political demonstrations; Armed forces; Political protests; China; Homicide; Peking; Beijing; Tiananmen Square

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