CNN Tiananmen Square 20 Years Later, A CNN Producer Reflects By Chris Ariens on Jun. 4, 2009 - 5:05 PM CNN’s coverage of the crackdown on Tiananmen Square in China 20 years ago today was one of the first events that showed off the global reach of the then 9-year-old network. CNN producer Alec Miran was in Beijing, June 4, 198 ...