Interview with victim of Tiananmen Sq on 20 year anniversary
(12 Apr 2009) 10 February, 2009 1. Qi Zhiyong, Tiananmen Square victim, walking with crutches 2. Close up, Qi's legs, walking and tilt to his face 3. Wide of Chang'an street (leading to Tiananmen Square) 4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qi Zhiyong, Tiananmen Square victim: "As I'm standing here, the past is flashing in front of my eyes. It still hurts. They (the army) are carrying guns, running from the west, firing and shooting people. I was lying wounded here. All the residents in this area heard everything, they closed their windows." 5. Close of Qi Zhiyong's legs walking, pan to his face 6. Qi Zhiyong speaking to group of men at cafe, UPSOUND (Mandarin) Qi Zhiyong asks them: "Do you remember the shooting of 1989?" Man nods, says "Yes" 7. Qi sitting inside 8. Close up of Qi's eyes 9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qi Zhiyong, Tiananmen Square victim: "I heard the guns firing clearly. Tsum, tsum, tsum, tsum (making sound of guns firing) people running and shouting for help, tak ta da tak ta da (making sound of guns firing). The street was dark and tanks rolling and still firing." FILE: 5 June, 1989 10. Wide of scene in Tiananmen Square, people running, AUDIO: gunfire 11. Wide of people running, carrying a person (with sound of gunfire) 12. Mid of people watching, pan to man lying on the street possibly dead 10 February, 2009 13. Close of Qi's leg stump (clothed) 14. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qi Zhiyong, Tiananmen Square victim: "I never thought they would really shoot me with a gun. But they did. I remember every scene. Tanks rolling over (the people). It has been twenty years, but even if fifty years go by, I will never forget about all this for as long as live." 15. Close up of Qi's hand 16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qi Zhiyong, Tiananmen Square victim: "That was a scene of a massacre. A crime committed by the Communist Party. If they don't admit their fault then I will talk about this forever. We need to find justice for the bloodshed and for all those who died. This is my responsibility." FILE: 5 June, 1989 17. Wide of people walking in the street next to Tiananmen Square with banner (Mandarin: "Starve for freedom and die for democracy") 18. Wide of tanks coming and man standing in front of tank 22 March, 2009 19. Qi praying 20. Congregation in 'unofficial' church singing hymns 21. Various, Qi singing hymns 22. Close up of Qi holding hymn book 23. Church interior 24. Woman playing piano STORYLINE: Twenty years ago this week a respected party official died in the Chinese capital Beijing, starting two months of student-led protests that would end in June 1989, in the city's Tiananmen Square. Construction worker Qi Zhiyong was 33 years old in 1989. He was married and had a son. It was a simple, happy life, but all that changed abruptly during the military crackdown. Qi took part in the student movement that preceded the crackdown, along with thousands of others. He would ride his bike after work to talk to the people in the movement who were camping in the square, a movement that began with the death on 15 April, 1989, of Hu Yaobang, a Communist Party official deposed by hard-liners. An estimated hundred thousand students turned out for the funeral and marched into the heart of China's capital to set up camp in Tiananmen Square. When dawn came Qi used to take his bike and ride home but on the night of 3 June, 1989, things changed. Persistent rumours suggested that the People's Liberation Army had entered the city with tanks and trucks, armed with guns and ammunition and that they had already opened fire in the West side of the city. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
