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The 1989 US Invasion of Panama & the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre (276)

Cold War Conversations

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Chai Ling and the Hunger Strike

Chai Ling led a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square on May 13, 1989. She says her call for bold action appears to pay off almost immediately. But soon the minister makes his true mode of clear: Mikhail Gorbachev is arriving that day. Chai can't help but think her tactics are working.

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