The 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident

Michael Flynn and John Hutcheson were in Beijing during the April - June 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident when the authorities negotiated with 'demonstrators for democracy' but ultimately employed military force to clear the Square and city centre of demonstrators. Here they recount their observations during the incident and the immediate aftermath. Hutcheson also visited Shanghai and Hong Kong and adds his impressions from those cities as well.