On June 16, 1989, student leader Yang Tao was arrested in the remote Gansu province.
The government spokesman Yuan Mu was interviewed by NBC host Tom Brokaw. Yuan Mu stated that there was no death during the final clearance of Tiananmen Square. But he also explained that there were casualties during the entire event. During the interview, he emphasized that modern technology had enabled people make false video evidences, implicitly attacking western media.
A segment of Yuan Mu's interview can still be seen in this snippet of Taiwan TV news.
Days of 1989
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