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The Intelligence from The Economist

Thirty years of forgetting: Tiananmen

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square tragedy, our correspondents reflect on a dark and confusing day—and the Chinese government’s efforts to suppress the memory of it. Could such widespread dissent flare up in today’s China? Also, why laws requiring immigrants to speak host-nations’ languages are counter-productive.

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0:37.1

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0:40.4

I'm your host Jason Palmer.

0:42.4

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:50.0

It's been 30 years since the T. Uninman Square crackdown.

0:53.6

The real details have been scrubbed from the record in China,

0:56.8

but millions know what happened.

0:58.9

Our correspondence reflect on that horrific day,

1:01.8

and on how hard China must work to keep it out of the national conversation.

1:08.8

And it's tempting to imagine that requiring immigrants to speak the language of their new home

1:13.2

country would lead to more unity. It doesn't. What might help is giving them more time to learn.

1:23.7

But first,

1:33.1

today marks the 30 year anniversary of the T. Uninman Square crackdown.

1:42.4

In April 1989, demonstrators mainly students began to gather in T. Uninman Square

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