30 years on: The Tiananmen Square massacre and what it means to Germans

On this day, 30 years ago, a peaceful student protest was brutally crushed by tanks in Beijing. Barely six months later, history dealt courageous East German protesters in similar circumstances the best possible card: Freedom and democracy. An SBS studio talk to mark the 4th of June 1989.

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Es hätte auch anders kommen können: Mutige Bürger in der DDR skandieren "Wir sind das Volk!" Source: Supplied