Tiananmen Square Documentary Analysis

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Similar to the previous video also shown by USC US-China Institute, the Tiananmen Square documentary was told from the perspective of the reporters who were in China at the time. This perspective provides for an interesting outsider's viewpoint. Just like those who were watching from their TV’s in America, the reporters were not directly involved with the politics or the demonstrations, they were also prospectors trying to understand and make sense of what was going on in Beijing. The Beijing demonstrations and suppressions from the government impacted the way foreigners viewed China in a profound way. Since the visits to China by President Nixon, special agent Kissinger, and the signing of various communiques, diplomatic ties between the US and China have improved. With China becoming more open to the outside world and their economy steadily increasing, lead many people, especially China’s students, to believe that China’s political system would change to …show more content…
One newscast, in particular, the Voice of America (VOA) was notorious for their uncensored news. They decided to invite Li Fangzhi, a Physics professor at one of the universities in Beijing to speak at a press conference. This troubled the Chinese government because Li Fangzhi was known to openly speak out against the government. The Chinese agreed to have Li but blocked his car from entering the event so he could not speak. This event highlighted the Chinese government's to exercise their control over the press by banning them from showing anything that may place China in a negative light. This is quite interesting because this is one of the main reasons students are demonstrating and rebelling at Tiananmen, the lack of democracy and restriction of freedom by the government. Just like the students who were demonstrating, the reporters saw this as an opportunity to defy or find loopholes against the
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