It was 20 years ago, on June 4, 1989, that the Chinese government cracked down hard on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square. In the intervening years, information flow into and out of China has waxed and waned. We discuss how China’s ‘openness’ has evolved.
China 20 Years after Tiananmen Square
It was 20 years ago, on June 4, 1989, that the Chinese government cracked down hard on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square. In the intervening years, information flow into and out of China has waxed and waned. We discuss how China's 'openness' has evolved.
Guests:
Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China relations at the Asia Society and former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley