World: 20 years ago ...

Security tight in Tiananmen on 20th anniversary.

The story behind the iconic photo of the lone man.

Richard Roth remembers reporting from the scene by cell phone.



It was his reports played on the radio on KNX-1070 where I first heard of the military crackdown.

BBC news report (text) from 20 years ago by Kate Adie and video clip of her on the scene.

Kate Adie went to China this past May and shares having to evade security police to conduct interviews.

Un-narrated footage from CBS cameraman Brian Robbins.


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