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Simpson Returns to China

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    • Part One
      John Simpson returns to meet the students who were part of the Tiananmen protests in 1989.
    • Part Two
      Simpson meets 'China's Oprah Winfrey' on the set of a television reality show.

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John Simpson personally witnessed the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.

He spent eight weeks with the students documenting their stories and then saw them killed on that fateful night of June 4.

His memories are strong and ever since, Simpson has been persona non grata with the Chinese Government. But just recently he was granted a visa to return.

Programme Two: Win in China

John Simpson meets the woman everyone's calling China's Oprah Winfrey on the set of reality TV show 'Win in China'.

As well as the flamboyant contestants and judges, John also meets the Chinese take away boss set to take the Olympic torch from Jackie Chan.

And gets unprecedented access to the social activist movements in China quietly organising themselves against the bully tactics of big business and the state.

He also accompanies the Green Woodpeckers of Beijing tasked with cracking down on people for spitting on the streets prior to the Olympics.

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