. >> tiananmen square became the focal point of the protests. the square is right in front of the great hall of the people, where the seat of chinese government is. it was mind-boggling. i was in the middle of that march. i'm 6'2". i weigh 200 pounds. i was literally swept off my feet by those demonstrators. >> photojournalist jeff widner covered it for the "associated press." >> there was this amazing, uplifting feeling in the air. >> a few weeks later in mid-may, the situation intensified when soviet premier mikhail gorbachev heads to china. >> remains a world turned upsidedown tonight. >> he was an advocate in his home country. his visit gave them an opportunity to go to the streets and express themselves in a way they had not before. >> they knew they had the world watching them. >> and this also enraged the chinese authorities who are used to stage managing every photo op. and suddenly they had no control. >> after gorbachev leaves and the protests continue, chinese authorities change their tactics. >> the chinese communist party cracked dow

this is tiananmen square today. is the picture of chairman mao, barely visible through this smog. the bbc's martin patience is in beijing. >> reporter: china's capital shrouded in a toxic smog, its skyline barely visible. normal life hasn't completed ground to a halt, but some of those dancing are taking precautions and with good reason. we're here at a busy beijing hospital where we're going to meet a doctor who is on the front line when it comes to dealing with pollution. dr. xiang was worked here for 30 years, he's never been busier, seeing up to 30 patients a day. >> translator: as the air pollution is getting worse it's causing more diseases, linked with pneumonia, bronchitis and lung cancer. >> reporter: ironically when the smog hits there normally isn't a surge in admissions as the vulnerable are warned to stay indoors. one of those who has ventured out is ms. wong. she's suffering from asthma. her chest is tight she says, and she's finding it hard to breathe. the impact of china's pollution is being felt in

to be resolved peacefully, we want this to have a political end and we don't want to have a tiananmen square situation happening in a very large country, 45 million people while the world is watching. >> the government has the ability to end it verbally and/or physically? >> there was almost a deal yesterday. we thought this was over. this has been going on for several months now, and it looked like there was going to be a resolution. clearly that is not the case right now. what you have is this burning center of kiev, and the protesters now with bringing in more molotov cocktails, they have set up a little molotov cocktail factory in the center of the square, and they say they're going to be there until the end. we will have to see if they send in the tanks, which would clearly, you know, push them out. >> all of it taking place to the north and west tonight. richard engel, thanks for your reporting on this tonight. >>> if you didn't know better, you would think something larger was at work. in two other major world capitals today, protesters filleded the streets and refused to move. in ban

tohti criticized the government for blaming a deadly car crash near tiananmen square on a uighur separatist group. he said their conclusion that the crash was an organized terrorist attack lacked sufficient evidence. tohti has also spoken out against the chinese government's ethnic policy. but he has -- but has consistently opposed the uighurs' moves to seek independence. he has called for reconciliation and mutual understanding between the uighurs and the country's majority han people. supporters say the scholar's arrest amounts to a suppression of criticism against the government. >>> a nation of 1.3 billion. a wealth of views, perspectives, and problems. chinese leaders examine the issues at their annual national people's congress. president xi jinping faces a long list of challenges. find out how he plans to tackle them. don't miss our special coverage, china, road to reform, at these times right here on "newsline." >>> a bitcoin exchange in tokyo has stopped operations. ramin mellegard is here with more on that. >> gene we're talking about a virtual currency but with very real issues a

salty criticize the government for blaming a deadly car crash near tiananmen square on a weaker separatist group. he said the conclusion that the crash was an organized attack lacked sufficient evidence cody has also spoken out against the chinese government's stake policies but as consistently oppose the leaders moves to seek independence. he has called for reconciliation in the true understanding between the leaders of the country's majority han people. supporters say the scholars arrest amounts to a suppression of criticism against the government the on. the in the nation of one hundred him. this percentage so choose your seats and the future. your annual national people's congress. aggressive in cheek jumping fences along this challenge. don't miss our special coverage. utah ukrainians are watching their country fall into a deeper political crisis divisions are widening as interim leaders are trying to form a pro western transitional government and pro russia supporters are intensifying their calls for a separation. protests and escalated in eastern and southern parts of the country af

about the impact that it will have on their house the world famous portrait of mao zedong in tiananmen square is barely visible and prince mom has blanketed the team for more than a week even at midday. it feels like counts. the sun simply can't penetrate the polluted air. there's even a lawyer a week being trying to stay home as much as possible today. the pollution is really bad. the stakes are extra tree system. it just didn't go out unless we absolutely have to. a lot what can you really are some criteria that it had been thinking about relocating actually i kinda conditions return to the elderly and children union on a commuter on the top. one league matches pollution and eighteen. the greenpeace activists as the greens are as much as sixteen times and beyond what the world health organization says kissing she is calling for action it should be more discussion or conversation the amount the government and the pa figured out what kind of masters know what kind of copy protection measures should be taken with these kind of pushing happens meeting introduced a four tier and smog alert syste

that scares-- tiananmen square, red square -- >> and even more so now because of social media. >> social media calls you to the square, and i think malcolm gladwell is right that it doesn't form political institutions or bonds. and we're in that excitement period when the people rush to the mansion and see the golden-- golden toilets and the fixtures and all the documents come spilling out, and you see the depths of the people's despair and the corruption of the leadership. as the journalistic cliche goes-- now comes the hard part. >> rose: i was going to say, what should we fear from-- what's in putin's mind now? he's basically looking at this saying, my god, i cannot let this stand? >> i think, yes. the question is what he does about it. what he tried to do is keep ukraine'ukraine's loyalty throu. through cheap gas, cheap energy. >> rose: even though having nice little dances with its european union. >> right. and that drama is far from over. this very morning, russia decided, not by coincidence, to have some military exercises not far from the border of ukraine. >> rose: saying, "we'r

. >> pictures we're showing, live pictures, remind me of tiananmen square, tahrir square in cairo, andkiev. history unfolding before our eyes. ambassador, thanks very much, julia and fareed, thanks to you. catch more ma feed this sunday, every sunday, on "fareed zakaria: gps," 10:00 a.m. eastern. once again, 1:00 p.m. eastern. coming up, embarrassed republican candidates in texas are beginning to distance themselves from the race-baiting rocker ted nugent after his vicious rants. just ahead, we'll discuss what's going on in texas. we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. yo

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