On May 20, 1989, as the Tienanmen democracy movement reached a high tide, the Chinese Communist authorities suddenly announced martial law in the Peking area and closed off the eyes and ears of world television--direct satellite communications--and ordered a complete blackout on reporting.
一九八九年五月廿日，天安門民主運動正值高潮，中共當局突然頒布了北平地區實施戒嚴令，關掉世界各國電視台的耳目﹘﹘直播衛星，下令全面封鎖記者採訪。