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The world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures interviewed by the BBC

Find out what the world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures really think, as they talk about their lives for thirty minutes on The Interview.

***The Interview is no longer broadcast on-air but you can listen to our archive below.***

A half hour interview with interesting and prominent people from around the world with a great range of interests and opinions. Each week, one person is put under the spotlight by either Owen Bennett-Jones or Carrie Gracie, the two presenters on The Interview.  

They explore topical issues, personal motivation and interviewee's hopes and fears. The style is informal and conversational, but at times searching and combative when required.

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The Interview Archive: 30/05/2009 Shen Tong

30/05/2009

30/05/2009 Shen Tong

BBC World Service - The Interview Archive, 30/05/2009 Shen Tong

One of the leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests talks to Carrie Gracie

Shen Tong was one of the young Chinese student leaders in the Tiananmen Square democracy protests of 1989. So how does he look back on those fateful events, twenty years on?

Shen Tong was one of the young Chinese student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. 
In the bloody aftermath he fled to the United States and became an activist in exile. 
Now at the age of 40 he runs a software company in New York and has made a handful of visits back to Beijing. 
So how does he look back on those heady events, twenty years on?

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