Photographer recalls Tiananmen

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8078296.stm

China is braced for the difficult 20th anniversary of the crackdown on students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square.

A lone protester blocking a column of tanks became the iconic image of the event.

Jeff Widener, one of the four photographers who captured the moment, returned to Beijing to tell James Reynolds his story.

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