Claudia Rosett at Tiananmen Square: The Communist Party Pulls the Trigger

The former Journal editor, who died Saturday, witnessed the June 1989 massacre. Here was her account.

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(Editor’s note: This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal on June 5, 1989. Claudia Rosett died Saturday at 67.)

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