Friends
I find it important that I should spread this message. I believe people have the right to know about what the country I live in has shamefully destroyed.
Twenty years ago this very day, and about the time this message is posted, thousands of students have been protesting endlessly in the Tiananmen Square of China (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square). Day after day, night after night, the protests were building up. Twenty years ago at approximately this moment of time, the government had sent tanks and military personel to the square. The government switched off all the lights, and the tanks moved in, the military opened fire at the peacefully, non-violent protesting students. Thousands were shot, thousands were crushed under the tanks. Bodies were taken away, and the students attempting to escape were killed mercilessly.
After the bloody slaughter, the government washed away all the blood, and attempted the fill up the bullet holes. Bodies were taken away and burnt. But the Chinese government's efforts of covering the evidence can't possibly hide such a gruesome massacre that has taken place where every morning the Chinese flag rises. Fortunately, as the protest built up, there had been a few foreign reporters at the time of the killing. The recorded video tapes were smuggled away from China, circulating around the world. Such clips can be found occasionally online, but can be censored by the Chinese government on some sites like Youtube, Wikipedia etc.
I hope that you will take the time and just give a little thought to those who died in that event. Such a shame in Chinese history. The government will probably never admit such thing has ever happened, but there is so much proof, so many videos, so many people gone 'missing' after that night, so many bullet holes that still remain in the walls and ground of the square.
I ask for nothing but a minute of silence, or a little respect, to these lives who fought bravely for democracy in China. But I urge you NOT to talk about this if you ever go to China, because you will end up in jail, maybe for life, or even execution, nobody knows for sure.
If you are really interested in this, I urge you to purchase or borrow this book from your library: http://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-State-Secret-Journal-Premier/dp/1439149380. It contains a lot of information from a rather empathetic Chinese official who was placed under house arrest after this incident until his death for supporting the students.
Thank you very much for your time
RX
I find it important that I should spread this message. I believe people have the right to know about what the country I live in has shamefully destroyed.
Twenty years ago this very day, and about the time this message is posted, thousands of students have been protesting endlessly in the Tiananmen Square of China (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square). Day after day, night after night, the protests were building up. Twenty years ago at approximately this moment of time, the government had sent tanks and military personel to the square. The government switched off all the lights, and the tanks moved in, the military opened fire at the peacefully, non-violent protesting students. Thousands were shot, thousands were crushed under the tanks. Bodies were taken away, and the students attempting to escape were killed mercilessly.
After the bloody slaughter, the government washed away all the blood, and attempted the fill up the bullet holes. Bodies were taken away and burnt. But the Chinese government's efforts of covering the evidence can't possibly hide such a gruesome massacre that has taken place where every morning the Chinese flag rises. Fortunately, as the protest built up, there had been a few foreign reporters at the time of the killing. The recorded video tapes were smuggled away from China, circulating around the world. Such clips can be found occasionally online, but can be censored by the Chinese government on some sites like Youtube, Wikipedia etc.
I hope that you will take the time and just give a little thought to those who died in that event. Such a shame in Chinese history. The government will probably never admit such thing has ever happened, but there is so much proof, so many videos, so many people gone 'missing' after that night, so many bullet holes that still remain in the walls and ground of the square.
I ask for nothing but a minute of silence, or a little respect, to these lives who fought bravely for democracy in China. But I urge you NOT to talk about this if you ever go to China, because you will end up in jail, maybe for life, or even execution, nobody knows for sure.
If you are really interested in this, I urge you to purchase or borrow this book from your library: http://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-State-Secret-Journal-Premier/dp/1439149380. It contains a lot of information from a rather empathetic Chinese official who was placed under house arrest after this incident until his death for supporting the students.
Thank you very much for your time
RX
