FRONTIER INTERNATIONAL: CCTV-9 Dialogue, Afghan Elections

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

CCTV-9 Dialogue, Afghan Elections

Below a link to a September 2, 2009 Beijing television studio discussion about the recent Afghan elections, with reference to the foreign policy quandary facing America, Pakistan and India. Hosted by Yang Rui with guests Aykut Tavsel and Philip Cunningham.

http://english.cctv.com/program/e_dialogue/20090903/106145.shtml

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Cunningham recounts rare and unknown vignettes about life in Tiananmen Square under student leadership, including a near riot when a reporter is mistaken for Gorbachev, the saga of a tearful leader who quits and dictates her last will and testament to the author, and a dramatic account of futile resistance in the face of an unforgiving crackdown. He chronicles the opportunistic and awkward tango between naive student activists and jaded foreign journalists, in which, after a month of mutual courting, the tables turn and the now-savvy students watch the journalists, seduced and confused, run circles just trying to keep up.

During the hunger strike under the light of a full moon, China bares its conflicted soul to the world, the mournful cry for reform amplified by the footsteps of a million peaceful marchers. This remarkable testament to a searing month that changed China forever serves as a witness to the rise and fall of an uprising, capturing the plaintive and lyrical beauty of a dream that endures and continues to haunt the country today."

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

CCTV-9 Dialogue, Afghan Elections

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