Lessons from 1989 - Wang Dan and Victor Shih

China 21 by UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy (GPS)

Mar 5, 202000:27:13News & Politics

Wang Dan 王丹 speaks with Victor Shih on the lessons from the 1989 student democracy movement. They discuss Wang’s journey as a young student leading up to the Tiananmen Square protests and his life since. Wang describes h...

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