Episode 29 - Tiananmen Square Massacre

Over one million people showed up in Tiananmen Square Beijing in the Spring of 1989 to support pro-democratic reform to the communist regime. And over the next 48 hours, thousands of Chinese citizens would lose their lives for speaking out. We start off with how the protestors came to be there and the events that would follow and ending up to one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century.



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