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Twenty-two Years Later, A Tiananmen Survivor Finally Tells All

October 6, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Twenty-two years after the crack-down at Tiananmen Square, a leader of the protests there finally tells her story. Why did it take so long? Read more.

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