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The government and took to the streets of beijing demanding democratic reform. >> in beijing, demonstrations grow and grow and grow to the point where they reach a couple million people. and in the middle of all this, in comes mikhail gorbachev. this was going to be a visit in which the chinese communist party hoped to improve its relations with the soviets. >> as the sun rose here, it was clear that the chinese students' protests for democracy is still gaining strength and urgency. students are dropping from exhaustion. some now are vowing to die, if necessary. >> the chinese leadership didn'...

>> in china today change in democracy was the issue. more than 100,000 people defied the government and took to the streets demanding democratic reform. >> in beijing, demonstrations grow and grow and grow to the point where they reach a couple million people. and in the middle of all this, in comes mikhail gorbachev. this was going to be a visit in which the chinese communist party hoped to improve its relations with the soviets. >> as the sun rose here, it was clear the chinese students' protests for democracy is still gaining strength and urgency. students are dropping from exhaustion, some...

Ducked questions on china's student issue. i cannot be the judge, he said. >> in china tonight, the government declared martial law in central beijing. ominously foreign journalists face severe new restrictions that amount to a news blackout. >> there's chaos in tiananmen square. there are bodies and injured and dead all over the place, and there is no way to ascertain for sure how many people have been killed or wounded. >> china is now restored into a deeply repressive leninist regime. it's a question, both in moscow and throughout eastern europe, what's gorbachev's attitude going to be towa...

Thank you all for being here. first of all, this is amazing. tell me why it was important for you to be here. >> because first off i'm a student and also i'm a black student. being here with all these other students i'm not only like showing my support i'm also showing the nation that this is not just a white student issue. this effects everyone. i definitely have to be here to show that student voices matter. >> it's interesting because one of the students from parkland made the point that 25% of that school of parkland are black students and the media has missed that it is an intersection mo...

Name of democracy was the issue. more than 100,000 defy the government, took to the streets demanding democratic reform. >> in beijing, demonstrations grow and grow and grow to the point where they reach a couple million people. and in the middle of all this, in comes mikhail gorbachev. this was going to be a visit in which the chinese communist party hoped to improve its relations with the soviets. >> as the sun rose, it was clear the chinese student's protests for democracy is still gaining strength and urgency. students are dropping from exhaustion, some vowing to die if necessary. >> the c...