Tiananmen Square The Beating Heart of China 

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Ah yes, the place where nothing ever happened in 1989.

I remembered this so well. While Tank Man stood strong, my baby celebrated his 1st birthday. Almost 35 years ago.

🎶Why don't you ask the kids at Tienanmen Square Was fashion the reason why they were there?🎶

2:25 - Chapter 1 - Guarding that which is forbidden 4:50 - Chapter 2 - A cultural & architectural revolution 7:15 - Mid roll ads 9:25 - Chapter 3 - A place of protest & conflict 12:05 - Chapter 4 - A rehabilitated demonstration 14:45 - Chapter 5 - The cataclysm 16:40 - Chapter 6 - Massacre 19:25 - Chapter 7 - Aftermath 25:00 - Conclusion PS: Weird, giving the serious stuff that happened here...i though Eric might have talk about the protests

in 1989 my wife and I had arranged for a trip to China which included the great wall and "THE GREAT SQUARE" - we were denied access to China from Hong Kong as she was in a wheelchair and this would affect the "morale" of those in China seeing her!

I actually visited it on 4th June 2014. I didn't even think of the significance of the date until I got there and ran into the security lines. You had to have your passport/ID scanned to get into the square, and there were literally bus loads of soldiers patrolling around. I'd never been so paranoid of trying to photograph anything all my life, lol.

Fun fact: There is no such thing as “heroic” government censorship.

Don't give up hope Karl. I never thought that the wall between the two Germany's would ever fall but it did.

I was there in 1991 & there were still dark reddish stains on the Square. It was heartbreaking and scary, even as a US citizen. We would go to college parties while there, officially Chinese students were forbidden from socializing with foreigners, but many snuck in, us foreigners loved when they showed up. But the boys' biggest pick up line was that they claimed to have been at Tiennamen Square. Except in Beijing, they had to keep quiet about it there. I was surprised they were so bold, but lol at first I believed them. By the 4th one from hundreds & hundreds of miles away from Beijing, we figured out it was a line. So strange, tbh...

Haven’t watched a Geographics vid in a while, a welcome surprise to see Karl! (Also the vid is a little quiet)

You should do an episode or segment on Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran. Built in the early 17th century, it’s the second largest city square in the world, and an architectural marvel.

Thanks for sharing your holiday photos Karl!

“Beans on toast, followed by vodka” -almost as good an idea as Snoot, the business anteater. We Americans aren’t so different from you Brits; replace the beans on toast with some ramen noodles or expired baked beans, and you have described my day.

Brilliant, late post from Austin TX. Your visiting, while not at the moment provides a tangible link...though not written by you. Excellent narrative presenting facts written by another. I've been watching for years, you're doing fantastic. I should add a qualifier, this is an evolving process...on your way - great!! Many forget the initial days of "Simon" or any artist, here or syndicated tv. Out, cheers.

Tiananmen Square The Place Where Heart of China Was Beaten

Karl I love this video you are AWESOME!

That title is outrageous and amazing

Love your content karl! And congrats on the amazing ad

Do a video on Greenland, geological history, exploration, settlement, etc

why did you specify in the title this has a ad, was it required by contract or something?

The sacrificial son

I thought denial was a river in Egypt nah it's in china.

KARL YOU ARE BY FAR (IN MY HUMBLE OPINION) A KICK ASS HOST AND I HOPE YOU BECOME THE FULL TIME HOST ON ALL THE CHANNELS YOU READ FOR EOCK ON

Do Bishops castle in Colorado and the creators odd ball ways. He made a beautiful castle but had some out there opinions.

Just to make you feel better, Karl…my name is Dicks. Yes, that’s how it is spelled…as in more than one! At least your a single “Smallwood”. I’m multiple Dicks…🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh, and I’m FEMALE!! Makes for some good humor, at least. I did name my youngest Seymore…😶😶😶

I know he’s no longer on this channel but I miss fact boy

Welcome back Karl!!!!!!

Leave it to America to go on the cheap for something historically importantly!

"Square"space...?

It seems a lot of people just can’t get past the change in hosts, which is a shame. The interim host may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the writers are still putting out great content.

Very good video packed with information about a historic location! Bravo. How can we get it seen by EVERY PERSON in China?

I want to write a comment about this vid, but RU-vid will automatically delete it as soon as its posted.

Wheres Simon at?

What do you call a Chinese spy? A Peking Tom

I’d like to go there too , so I should probably not approve of this content 😉

Good luck to everyone competing in the 2024 CrossFit Open. 24.3 is gonna be fun!

Karl! Why did the ad was on the title?

Feel sorry for Karl not being able to go back to China. 😔 Yet lots of "Where's Simon?" in the comments. Well Simon's got a trip booked to Beijing... 😅

You guys should do one on jerusalem

I miss Simon 😢

I wonder what happened Tank man.

❤

surprised china hasn't shut this video down lol

Please where is simon

As long as the CCP controls China, I will not visit there... Despite the fact that there are many lovely people living there and that I live only about 900 miles from Shanghai.

There's a PBS documentary interviewing protesters from 89 who escaped and showed home video from within the Square. Before things turned deadly it was a surprisingly jovial mood within the protest. People were cooking outside together and singing songs, it looked almost like any other Chinese market (minus the slogan signs). Makes it worse when things exploded. The police and military were told a rumor that the protestors had smuggled in guns, a rumor that was pretty unlikely considering how strict gun ownership at all in China is but it's unfortunately an excuse you hear a lot when cops start firing on unarmed civilians just having a barbecue and holding a sign.

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I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl

Emphasis on "beating".

alternative title: tiananmen square - beating the heart of china

the beating heart? is that a reference to the civilians that got beat to death by tanks in 1989?

What do you say when you accuse your partner of adultery? "Hu Yaobang!"

🙅🙋🙅🚚💨👮👮

Where’s Simon?

Mao-celebrated by Democrats everywhere

"The rind of mayo dedon" "Bre t K ea ne-

Hello, Karl. Eric is not my favorite.

Bruh pleeease drop the small wood joke. I like your videos otherwise but it’s been beaten to death

I appreciate you trying to bring some humour in with your sponsors, but do you not think it's completely tone deaf considering the implications of the subject matter? Edit: It seems no one had provided segments to block your sponsorship nonsense, I was happy to oblige. Now anyone with sponsorblock won't have to suffer your self indulgent adverts, cheers mate!

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Strong dislike for anything without Simon

And why the fuck did yall use the word 'heroic' to describe china's censorship? The fuck?

hopefully the owners of this channel, and the other 2, realize that the host is why the views have dropped off on all the videos. Just checked socialblade to see if I was right about my predictions on the new host, and I was right. sad to see a channel i once liked, die out like this.

Karl I love your videos but Biographics and Geographics belong to Simon

Who are you

Your bloody lame Smallwood, even with the Anteater, good lord!

Ugh this guy again... pass

Down vote

No more Simon, no longer subscribed. Bye

Where has Simon gone from these videos??

Hello