China Imposition of Media Restrictions (CNN) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Friday, May 19, 1989

Title: China Imposition of Media Restrictions

Abstract:	1) Live coverage of Chinese officials in CNN's Beijing control room informing CNN it must cease transmission (the beginning of this coverage was not recorded). 2) CNN Evening News reported by Emory and Kelley with report re: White House reaction by Sesno; taped segment by Chinoy with excerpt of speech by Premier Li Peng; replay of Chinese helicopters over Tiananmen Square; live telephone report by Shaw after cessation of video transmission; taped report by Shaw re: Chinese troops with TV host Yue Sai Kan, and excerpt of Li Peng speech; footage of students urging troops to turn back; interview by Emory with George Washington University Professor Harold C. Hinton.
Begin Time:	09:00:00 pm
End Time:	09:56:00 pm
TVN Record Number:	826122
Copyright:	Abstract and Metadata (c) 1989-2009 Vanderbilt University
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