1989.06.04 -Tiananmen Square

BBC Archive: Chinese troops fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square First broadcast 4 June 1989. Chinese troops opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Saturday evening. The collection of students and labourers had been occupying the site for several weeks. Despite the outbreak of “unremitting gunfire”, the protesters refused to leave. The…

1989.06.04

What a difference a year makes: the green dream dies in Sri Lanka

April 2021: “Sri Lanka will become first country to be free of chemical fertilizer”, the Sri Lankan news website News First reported: COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has stated that he will take up the challenge in making Sri Lanka the first country in the world to eliminate the use of chemical fertilizers without…

What a difference a year makes: the green dream dies in Sri Lanka