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With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all...

With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all...

So frustrated all over the country. and it's notjust students. deep down, how enthusiastic are the countries of nato of the thought that ukraine might actually try to recapture crimea? i think you'd have to ask yourself how comfortable western nations would be about backing a ukraine that was going to take the fight to an area where essentially they weren't involved in any military support for ukraine before. and what difference will iran's heroic efforts at the world cup have on the political battlefield back home? who does the national team belong to? - does it belong to the people of iran, ...

To the government of iran, or it'sjust somewhere in the middle? it's been the biggest uprising against the chinese leadership since the tiananmen demonstrations in may and june 1989, and yet it's been very, very different. then, more or less organised groups of students took over the vast square in the heart of beijing and held it for almost a month, paralysing the entire government of china. and there's one other major difference — an important faction at the very top of the party sympathised with the students in those days. this time, although the demos have been virtually country wide, th...

Does it belong to the people of iran, does it belong to the government of iran, or it'sjust somewhere in the middle? it's been the biggest uprising against the chinese leadership since the tiananmen demonstrations in may and june 1989, and yet it's been very, very different. then, more or less organised groups of students took over the vast square in the heart of beijing and held it for almost a month, paralysing the entire government of china. and there's one other major difference — an important faction at the very top of the party sympathised with the students in those days. this time, al...