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The Exiles

How is it thatthe Chinese government has been ableto get away with murder?

How is it that
the Chinese government has been able
to get away with murder?

Full Transcript

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How is it that the Chinese government
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has been able to get away with murder?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:30
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Maiden Voyage Pictures

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Movie Summary

Documentarian Christine Choy tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre, in order to find closure on an abandoned film she began shooting in 1989.
Not without the complicity of the international community. - The Exiles 00:06
Not without the complicity of the international community.
[Scott] The United States abandoned its own principles. - The Exiles 00:05
[Scott] The United States abandoned its own principles.
I think we ought to recognize the-- - The Exiles 00:06
I think we ought to recognize the--
[Jim] The Chinese government wants to rewrite history - The Exiles 00:06
[Jim] The Chinese government wants to rewrite history
I mean, the chapter is included - The Exiles 00:06
I mean, the chapter is included
[woman] The accumulation of wealth, um, - The Exiles 00:08
[woman] The accumulation of wealth, um,
You don't need to repress people, - The Exiles 00:09
You don't need to repress people,
And if you worry that the failure, - The Exiles 00:08
And if you worry that the failure,
I've chaired 68 congressional hearings - The Exiles 00:07
I've chaired 68 congressional hearings
As you all know, he was the operational commander - The Exiles 00:05
As you all know, he was the operational commander
And to his shame, Bill Clinton - The Exiles 00:07
And to his shame, Bill Clinton
Uh, and then he went to the Army War College and said, - The Exiles 00:17
Uh, and then he went to the Army War College and said,
It gives me no pleasure to say now that - The Exiles 00:07
It gives me no pleasure to say now that
I have waited a long time for the United States - The Exiles 00:10
I have waited a long time for the United States
The light of democracy in China was snuffed out, - The Exiles 00:09
The light of democracy in China was snuffed out,
Those days, as a 21-year-old student leader - The Exiles 00:15
Those days, as a 21-year-old student leader
It felt like, uh, history was on our side, - The Exiles 00:08
It felt like, uh, history was on our side,
But after the massacre and condemnation, - The Exiles 00:12
But after the massacre and condemnation,
Mentioning Tiananmen became an inconvenience - The Exiles 00:08
Mentioning Tiananmen became an inconvenience
Though it was a great thing that we tried to do, - The Exiles 00:08
Though it was a great thing that we tried to do,