Tiananmen 20 years later: A survivor's story

Twenty years after China's military crushed dissent around Tiananmen Square, the details are still fresh in Qi Zhiyong's mind. The acrid smell of tear gas. The people run down by tanks. The dizzying pain when a bullet tore through his left leg. The student-led protests in the heart of the Chinese capital had gone on for weeks, an extraordinary call for political freedom and an end to government corruption. Sparked by the April 15 death of a beloved Communist Party chief deposed by hard-liners, they were mostly peaceful, even after martial law was declared on May 20.

[Mirolyuba]

A national tragedy that cannot even be spoken about?

What kind of system is THAT?

A sick, corrupt, and broken one, perhaps?

[Mirolyuba]

Twenty years of lies cannot hide the truth.

[taylor]

we are studying this in class right now. it is incredible what these students did, i only hope chinese government can find a way to let democracy in someday

[Ramafuchs]

How about discussing the most intellectual lady in Burma who is kept in house arrest?
how about exposing the noble-prize winner Dalai lama who care a jot about barbarism?

[MDA]

Well apparently most youths in the country have no idea that it even happened due to censorship. It's an event deleted off history books.

[Eric]

Mirolyuba wrote:

Twenty years of lies cannot hide the truth.

i and my peers never know these truths.
there are none specific information in our class, book, paper, media.
it seems never happened before.

but we truly know, if this kind of things got out of control, our nation would become pieces.
we should never let it happen and we still need a powerful party to lead us forward.

[creating]

Eric wrote:

<quoted text>
i and my peers never know these truths.
there are none specific information in our class, book, paper, media.
it seems never happened before.
but we truly know, if this kind of things got out of control, our nation would become pieces.
we should never let it happen and we still need a powerful party to lead us forward.

You are brainwashed.:(

[good bowel movement]

Merely a case of being mindful of the censors.

[Eric]

creating wrote:

<quoted text>
You are brainwashed.:(

so, you must know more.
tell me.
Did LinBiao's plane got shot when escaped to Mongolia?
was there uprising during Cultural revolution during 1966-1976?

[creating]

Eric wrote:

<quoted text>
so, you must know more.
tell me.
Did LinBiao's plane got shot when escaped to Mongolia?
was there uprising during Cultural revolution during 1966-1976?

Several scenes in such a long game for power, lasting thousands of years.
As a sheep, do you care which wolf will eat you tonight?
As a cow, ate grasses 100 years ago and now eats feed made in factories instead. Should it shout out "our life is better" and appreciate mankind's hard work?

It's a beautiful coutry with lovely people, and we really don't need any disgusting bureaucrats to dominate us. We should help each other instead, and government should serve the people instead. We are not stupid slaves.

[lct]

creating wrote:

<quoted text>
Several scenes in such a long game for power, lasting thousands of years.
As a sheep, do you care which wolf will eat you tonight?
As a cow, ate grasses 100 years ago and now eats feed made in factories instead. Should it shout out "our life is better" and appreciate mankind's hard work?
It's a beautiful coutry with lovely people, and we really don't need any disgusting bureaucrats to dominate us. We should help each other instead, and government should serve the people instead. We are not stupid slaves.

You better go and join 'the Tea party' or 'anti-Teaparty party' in US.

We don't need you here in my beautiful country.
The government is not supposed to serve your evil intention, You are not 'we'.

Go to American,'creating' there. to understand ' sheeps''cow' there.

BTW, Good luck in China.

[Eric]

lct wrote:

<quoted text>
You better go and join 'the Tea party' or 'anti-Teaparty party' in US.
We don't need you here in my beautiful country.
The government is not supposed to serve your evil intention, You are not 'we'.
Go to American,'creating' there. to understand ' sheeps''cow' there.
BTW, Good luck in China.

"creating" just worship foreign things and toady to foreign powers.
just go and kiss US ass.
we will creat our life by our own hands, not blame and no more saliva.

[lct]

Eric wrote:

<quoted text>
"creating" just worship foreign things and toady to foreign powers.
just go and kiss US ass.
we will creat our life by our own hands, not blame and no more saliva.

You are still not 'we'.

I can snuff you out from a 1000 miles away.

nice try, Avenger.

[Eric]

lct wrote:

<quoted text>
You are still not 'we'.
I can snuff you out from a 1000 miles away.
nice try, Avenger.

nonono, you can't kill me, sir.
Avenger is only a defending missile.
you should find a tactical missile first.

[Mirolyuba]

Eric wrote:

<quoted text>
i and my peers never know these truths.
there are none specific information in our class, book, paper, media.
it seems never happened before.
but we truly know, if this kind of things got out of control, our nation would become pieces.
we should never let it happen and we still need a powerful party to lead us forward.

You mean you need to live on lies, in a servile and pathetic manner, to protect the criminals who killed your brothers and sisters?

There is nothing "powerful" about criminal brutality.

Like sufferers of "Stockholm Syndrome", you are so scared that you sympathize with the criminals who kill your own.

That's just sad.

Your desperate attempts to make it seem "wise" only highlight the absolute degredation inherent in your life as a slave to the Chinese Communist Party.

Poor China!

[Mirolyuba]

taylor wrote:

we are studying this in class right now. it is incredible what these students did, i only hope chinese government can find a way to let democracy in someday

Don't be a fool.

They are the enemies of democracy, and will NEVER "let it in".

[Ramafuchs]

Chinas's regime is as bad as USA: Russsia or INDIA
Forget about other countries.

[lct]

Eric wrote:

<quoted text>
"creating" just worship foreign things and toady to foreign powers.
just go and kiss US ass.
we will creat our life by our own hands, not blame and no more saliva.

Sorry Eric.

I quote the wrong person. my last comment is for 'creating'.

Avenger in a differnt proxy.

[Mirolyuba]

Clearly not "Avenger", going by the writing style.

But "Ick" is very poorly educated in CCP China, and knows little except the phony "glorious party history" she has been programmed with. A few weeks ago, I was supposed to be "Avenger", now you, etc.....it is only to pretend that her masters have a single critic to better protect them from the consequences of their crimes.

She is scared, ignorant, and desperate.

[Eric]

Mirolyuba wrote:

<quoted text>
You mean you need to live on lies, in a servile and pathetic manner, to protect the criminals who killed your brothers and sisters?
There is nothing "powerful" about criminal brutality.
Like sufferers of "Stockholm Syndrome", you are so scared that you sympathize with the criminals who kill your own.
That's just sad.
Your desperate attempts to make it seem "wise" only highlight the absolute degredation inherent in your life as a slave to the Chinese Communist Party.
Poor China!

well, it is complicated.
our goverment is bureaucracy, corrupt.
but actually my life is better than before.
when i was 7 years old. even pork is rare.
it will begin to change when it meets crisis.