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The Tiananmen Square Massacre

The History and Legacy of the Chinese Government's Crackdown on the 1989 Protests

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The Tiananmen Square Massacre

By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
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On June 5, 1989, a petrifying procession of Type 59 tanks with bright red stars emblazoned on the sides rolled down the eerily vacant streets of Chang'an Avenue, headed towards Tiananmen Square. Photographer Jeff Widener, along with the disorderly rabble of the media, public, and protesters, watched with bated breath, some from the sidelines, and some from the windows of buildings and nearby establishments.

Suddenly, the buzz of panic turned into a chorus of disbelieving gasps. A man by his lonesome, dressed in a white cotton blouse and a pair of black slacks, casually strolled into the street, two shopping bags swinging in hand. Some were bewildered by the thought of the man foolishly attempting to cross the road at the worst possible time, but when this man deliberately stopped in the path of the tanks, there was a beat of stunned silence. The man, perhaps unaware of the thousands of eyes fixated on him, coolly stared down the tanks as their treads slowly grinded to a halt, one at a time.

©2017 Charles River Editors (P)2017 Charles River Editors 20th Century Asia China Modern World

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This is a nice little audiobook apart from one thing, the pronunciation of one Chinese name.
The content is good and the narration is otherwise good.
I have heard the narrator on other audiobooks and he is good.
Not to research the pronunciation of Mao, is a little disrespectful, I think. As one of the key people in the story, I think that this is important.
To pronounce ‘Mao’ as ‘Mayo’ is wrong. It should be like ‘Mow’ rhyming with ‘Cow’.
Must do a little better here, please, Mr Fluxman

Narrator please learn how to pronounce Mao!

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Reading is like a robot. Not enjoyable at all. Pity this is the account of an important historical moment. But listening requires you to endure a robot-like cadence without any tone or cadence. Snoozing at times due to the voice-induced boredom

Human or robot?

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