The video posted from youtube was a classic scenes at that time, a man trying to block the moving of the tanks. Please do not take the narration as that was the view of the author of the video. But the video is real, there was a man who had courage to stop the movement of the tank, he did not leave his name, unlike the student leaders who become famous and enjoyed life in the west. Where is this man?
I will remember the day but I treated it as an event that need to come, it need to be part of history of the modern China. It was a catalyst for the democracy of China, the process still continue, how you looked at it and interpreted it, it need to happen and it had happened. Not the student leaders, but the masses of the students whose names are unknown, that start the event. Please do not give too much credit to the student leaders, looking at their lifestyle now, only few are still active to the agenda of the event. I only remember Wang Dan(王丹),and he is the one I respect. There are many who may be dead, in prisons, or still in China living to contribute to the democracy of China, some may be in the current leadership of the Chinese government.... They are the real hero, not the student leaders who escaped and provided negative feedback of their motherland to the mass media.... some said they may be supported by the CIA in the events, we do not know.... The leaders was like any political leaders, fail or success,they will be known to the world... but the masses, will be unknown forever, they are the real hero, like the one who stopped the tanks, remained unknown.... they are the real hero. They started the change, and the change is still taking place in China.....
The Tiananmen Square protests was an event, evolved from the political reform; the students are not patient with the slowness of the change. The global events happened at the time e.g. East Europe and Russia, provided a ripe environment for the Tiananmen Protest, but the Chinese politic was more complicated than what the students perceived; the internal struggle of the reformist and the hardcore communists, the imbalance development of coastal economic zones and the interior; where the timing was not ripe for a drastic change. It was reported that Wang Dan had foretold that the protest should stopped at the right timing, but it was not agreed by other student leaders.Otherwise, Zhao Ziyang will not be out from government, Wang Dan will be the future leader of China; together with Wen Jiabao(温家宝)today(note: Wen Jiabao was at the Tiananmen Square together with Zhao Ziyang, he was the chief assistant to General Secretary Zhao Ziyang). China cannot face any chaos at that time, the time they need a strong transformation leader. The timing was not right for any drastic change. There will be division of China, there will be civil war just like period after overthrown of Manchus or Qing Dynasty. The leadership at that time also fearful of the unknown, the superpowers are fanning the fire to see the change in China....I believed one day Wen Jiabao will tell the whole world what happen. Tiananmen 1989 was not a simple event, it was more complicated than student protests.
China was not ready for the change as expected by the West; China is not Russia. It had the history of two Opium War, where the nation was force to import the opium at the excuse of free trade. The coastal areas was forced to open to the West and some of their land was occupied by the invaders(e.g. Hong Kong, Shanghai....), a history they never forget.
It has been 20 years, China has changed, but the West still open the old wound. Why only Tiananmen? There are other massacre, like the Nanking Massacre, they are not talking about that?. Democracy will come to China,let the Chinese determine their style... not others. They know what is the best for them, no other can determine for them, not even the west.... looking at the history of China, it need a long time for the Chinese people to understand democracy, when the west did not know the real democracy, you do not expect the Chinese to import the wholesome democracy from USA, Europe....or anywhere, they must be developed from China's people itself.... it is long process and the process has started .... The early democracy of American and the democracy of USA today is totally different and it has been polluted , one major factor is the words clearly stated in the US dollar note " To God We Trust", which has been fading in their democracy. Looking at the democracy and freedom (with moral decay) records of the west, the total freedom concept with no constraint in regard to religion, value and culture of other people; I am sure China will not want the democracy of USA today, they experienced cultural revolution where the kids are given freedom without constraints, and there were destruction and damage to the culture, development and human lives... China need to be wise, and not to import the wholesome democracy form the west. In fact the negative impact of capitalism has been felt in coastal China. It will be another cultural revolution from the west.... where McDonald will defeat Beijing duck,....Democracy is an double edge sword, it can cut both side if not for the good of the people, there are a group of people who is using or abusing democracy and human right for their own agenda, will the Chinese majority accept their agenda, they do not care.....just like the opium was forced to be imported to China at the expense of freedom of trade, the negative effect of opium? they did not care.... it is just another platform for the politician, be it government or NGO or.... they have their hidden agenda on China.... history will only tell the truth one day.
China need to know what they want, their choice,their people's choice.....
The real democracy is , the people choice....and it must be for the good of the people. The world has to respect the Chinese people's choice, and not to forcefully imposed their own choice to Chinese people...that is also democracy, respect of other people's choice. Help China to change at their own phase, we would not want China to loose another good leader, Wen Jiaboa must not be another Zhao Ziyang....After all, it was 20 years ago, China is no longer Tienanmen China in 1989, China has changed and it is moving forward.......
Related posting: 8-5-2009 with the title "May Fourth Movement五四運動"
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