CHINESE STUDENTS LOSING GROUND IN DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS

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Event Date(s): 05/26/1989 | Event Location(s): Peking;China Peoples Republic Of | Description: CHINESE STUDENTS LOSING GROUND IN DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS NEAR GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE IN TIANANMEN SQUARE SEEN. STUDENTS HOLD LARGE FLAG ON POLE. STUDENTS SLEEPING ON GROUND SEEN. CLOSE UP OF SLEEPING STUDENTS FACE SEEN. STUDENTS SLEEPING NEAR PEOPLES MONUMENT SEEN. STUDENTS HOLD LARGE BANNER NEAR GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE. LONG SHOT OF PEOPLES MONUMENT& GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS SEEN. IN SQUARE INTERVIEW WOMAN SAYS WE LOSE HARD SOMETIMES...WE LOSE OUR COURAGE& I THINK THINGS MUST BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. (CHINESE TV) ANCHORMAN READING NEWS; TENTS OF CHINESE SOLDIERS OUTSIDE BEIJING; SOLDIERS PERFORMING MILITARY EXERCISES IN FIELD; CIVILIANS CARRYING TV SET TO ARMY TROOPS; CIVILIANS SHAKING HANDS WITH MILITARY OFFICIALS; SOLDIERS CARRYING TV SETS INTO TENT& SOLDIERS& CIVILIANS TALKING IN TENT SEEN. (FILE PICTURES) CHINAS PREMIER LI PENG SEEN TALKING WITH WOUNDED SOLDIER IN BED AS HOSPITAL STAFF LOOKS ON. COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY ZHAO ZIYANG SEEN TALKING WITH NURSE WHILE HOLDING HIS HAND ON STUDENTS FOREHEAD. ZHAO ZIYANG SIGNS AUTOGRAPH FOR STUDENT IN HOSPITAL. STUDENTS IN MATTRESSES ON FLOOR IN HOSPITAL SEEN. AT NIGHT STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS GATHER IN SQUARE& CLAP HANDS& SING TO MUSIC. COUPLE DANCES TOGETHER AS OTHER STUDENTS LOOK ON. LEWIS SIGNS-OFF IN VO FROM BEIJING. 89E1485 FEED; SKYCOM #2 (5-26-89) HIT TIME 7:39:20 NAT SOT; 89E1487 CS; 89E1486 CHINESE MILITARY FEED TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ALL IDS Producers: NBC