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Soviets accuse British of bugging diplomats (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is under pressure to answer Soviet accusations that British spies have been bugging the offices and homes of Russian diplomats. The Soviet Ambassador has lodged a strong...
Bloodshed in Peking’s Tiananmen Square (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Bloodshed in Peking’s Tiananmen Square looks to have brought seven weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations to an end. Chinese troops with tanks, machine guns, bayonets and clubs have moved in and at least...
Jonanthan Annells reports from Tiananmem Square (1989)
- Genre
- News report
There is a tense but calm atmosphere in the Chinese capital, but there are fears that the fighting could escalate into civil war with troops supporting the students marching on the city. Peking correspondent...
Duo Duo on Beijing demonstrations (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Chinese poet Duo Duo (real name Li Shizheng), speaking through an interpreter after arriving at Heathrow this morning from Peking, talks to Gareth Furby about his experience of the Tiananmen Square...
Bill Bruford on Earthworks (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Bruford was the drummer with bands Yes and King Crimson. Now he’s formed a new and different band called Earthworks, which is concentrating on jazz and rock, using electric and acoustic instruments....
Beijing protesters continue defiance of army crackdown (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Jonathan Annells reports from Peking, where protesters are continuing their defiance of the army crackdown. Latest reports speak of troops opening fire on unarmed cyclists, chanting Animals, animals. There...
Geoffrey Howe on Tiananmen Square violence (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe gives his reaction to the violent put-down of the Beijing demonstration in which hundreds were killed as tanks and armoured cars entered Tiananmen Square. Interviewer is Simon...
Chinese students in London call for global strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Chinese students in London are calling a global one-day strike on Wednesday to allow the world to demonstrate its abhorrence of the Beijing massacres to the Chinese Government. The students are also calling...
Memorial to Beijing dead outside Chinese Embassy (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
In London there have been more demonstrations outside the Chinese Embassy. Protesters have built a moving memorial altar to the dead demonstrators of Tiananmen Square - right opposite the embassy entrance....
President Bush responds to Tiananmen Square massacre (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports that there has been a firm and swift response from President George H. W. Bush to the Tiananmen Square massacre.