#TAIWAN: President William Lai remembers Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989 Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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#TAIWAN: President William Lai remembers Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989 Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/taiwan-president-says-tiananmen-crackdown-will-never-be-forgotten/ar-BB1nzEkP#
https://www.ntd.com/beijing-exploiting-protests-over-reforms-to-show-division-within-taiwan-geopolitical-expert_996100.html
1945 Taipei
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS I on the World. |
| 0:04.0 | This is CBS I on the World. |
| 0:07.0 | Here's John Bachelor. |
| 0:11.0 | This is CBS I on the World, I'm John Bachelor. Reuters Taiwan President, the new president of Taiwan President Lie, says Tiananmen Crackdown will never be forgotten. |
| 0:21.0 | It is June 4th. Tiananmen Square of 1989 was a tragedy for Asia, but today |
| 0:28.2 | it is remembered by people who understand what the odds are of surviving the onslaught of the People's Republic of |
| 0:34.9 | China when it rolls tanks over children. Taiwan President Lai Ching Tay said he will |
| 0:41.4 | work hard to make historical memory last forever and reach out to |
| 0:45.3 | everyone who cares about Chinese democracy on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 |
| 0:51.0 | Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. I welcome my colleague Gregory Coppley of |
| 0:56.6 | Defense and Foreign Affairs to comment not only on the memory of Tiananmen Square, those moments when China was glimpsing at freedom, |
| 1:07.0 | but also the significance of President Lai speaking this, knowing what threat he's under, and the people of Taiwan from those same Chinese |
| 1:18.4 | communist members who rolled those tanks in 1989. |
| 1:21.6 | Gregory, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:24.0 | President Lye is not provoking anything. |
| 1:26.0 | He's talking sense about what June 4th represents to the people of Asia. |
| 1:32.0 | Everybody knows about it. |
| 1:33.7 | However, you have reported recently |
| 1:36.4 | that China has a moment now to disrupt President Lea |
| 1:39.4 | because of the recent vote. |
| 1:41.2 | What happened and what are the risks in Taiwan now? Internal risk. |
| 1:45.0 | Good evening to you. Good evening John. Yes this was a very important anniversary of |
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