Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171217:06:48:00
>> in china, the change in 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 students' protests for democracy is still gaining strength and urgency. students are dropping from exhaustion, some vowing to die if ...