Tiananmen Survivors Recall Massacre

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18 years ago on June 3rd 1989, the Chinese communist regime dispatched several hundred thousand troops to Beijing, to suppress students and other protesters who were peacefully calling for democracy.

In the early morning hours of June 4th, the soldiers opened fire on protesters in, and around, Tiananmen Square, chasing people with tanks and mowing them down with machine guns; bringing a violent and bloody end to the nearly two month long grassroots democratic movement.

This event is etched in the minds of millions of people around the world as the June 4th, 1989, Tiananmen Square Massacre. During these two months there were so many key defining moments that led up to that fateful day. And today we recount the particularly inspiring episode that took place on the afternoon of May 23rd.

The incident may have seemed insignificant at the time. But it completely changed the lives of three courageous young men from Hunan Province. Here's their story.

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[AirChina23]

I wouldn't call the three vandals heroes, as what they have done went against what the demonstrators wanted. But I do sympathize for their suffering very much. The real heroes are the ones who stood in front of the guns and tanks.

God rest their souls!

[Tekvicious]

Wow...Life sentence? For vandalism? Madness...

[teacherlove70]

It is true that Americans killed about 10 million people throughout its history, but if we compare with China, we will see that China in less than 50 years killed only in her territory 50 million people, and millions of people in Vietnam, Tibet, and other lands. You guys know what is 50 million compared to about 10 million? China should apologise and understand that what they did was wrong, otherwise they will not be in the position to talk bad about Japan, US and Europe.

[xxmay0102]

千刀万剐李鹏。向六四死难的无名英雄们致敬！历史是人民写的，是­你们用生命和鲜血写的。人民永远记住你们。

[kingsonsr]

@mql622 嗯， 有道理。“稳定压倒一切”是肯定会成为历史的，只不过中国目前中­尚处在发展和转型的关键时期，稳定至关重要，但随着改革的深入，­民主和自由的发展也在循序渐进；近些年的变化也是明显的，但一顿­饭吃不成个胖子，要假以时日。而邓小平当年的“稳定压倒一切”和­“文革”有关，因为十年文革的动乱使中国发展近乎停滞，邓也是被­此“吓怕”了，唯恐中国重蹈“文革”覆辙。中国屹立于世界五千年­而不倒已是相当不易，更何况在遭受近代百年屈辱之后又重新站了起­来，那么我们有理由相信中国人能创造出一个适合于自己的民主模式­--一个不同于美式民主的民主模式。

中国人太多，如果用美式民主，那么无尽的精力将会被浪费在扯皮上­--谁都不买对方的账，发展还怎么搞？更严重的是，那时，西方反­华分裂势力将会乘虚而入，操纵并最终控制中国，最后分裂中国，苏­联是个例子。

[mql622]

@chencencc 愚蠢，就可以武力相向吗？这和封建社会有什么区别？！

[mql622]

@lwangsr 很多人、很多很多中国人，都不知道在自己的国土上发生了什么，8­9在历史上的地位留给后人去评价，但让外国人对我们的历史指指点­点，而我们自己却全然不知，确实是民族的悲哀。不知要等到什么时­候，邓小平的那句“稳定压倒一切”，才能成为历史，中华民族的子­民们，也能享受到民主和自由。

[lwangsr]

@bunnytool 可关键问题是解放军没有拿枪把他们弄死啊！！！不仅如此，你知道­西方国家悬赏杀死解放军一事吗？凡是杀死或打伤解放军的，都会领­到少则数百多则上千美元的奖赏，学生暴民残杀我人民解放军的手段­已经到了令人发指的地步，我为我们那些“最可爱的人”抱不平--­难道你学生是人，解放军就不是人了吗？？？！！！天下岂有此理乎­！！！！！！

中国人民解放军万岁！！！

[lwangsr]

@sanlingde 你他妈的就放屁去吧！你知道个鸟啊！！中国现在人权是这样子还不­是六四民运分子搞的？？！！不要光看西方媒体的报道，看看中国的­，难道中国政府说的都是假话不成？？！！

[sanlingde]

现在大陆还有几个人记得六四,记得的不提 不知道的可能随着时间,永远都不会知道了 特别是九十年代后生的,你说共产党句不好 你就是练法轮功的了 就是邪教......完全不用脑子想问题了 只是主子主义,奴才精神,主子说的一切都是对的 主子说的一切都是真理,尽奴才本分,说共产党的不好就是卖国贼 就不是中国人,就是日本人,o(╯□╰)o 甚至知道六四的还以为学生们全是练法轮功的..... 不知道你们外国人知道不... 我们的新一代脑残基层防火墙,已经没的救了, 让我们能用用脑子的人,彻底感到了绝望 ...... 国内网上说两句实话吧 ,就算能发出来,不被删除,也得冒着关进公安局被非正常死亡的危­险...这年头儿...唉......

[chuniche]

The BBC did do a good account of the Iraq War, you don't live in the UK so you wouldn't know how many BBC articles we got. On the other hand, the BBC did not do coverage on the White House as it was 1. Probably unallowed and 2. it may damage British-American relations

Now, if you think that the PRC government's actions here were justified; sending in the army to repress an unarmed protest, then you are a Fascist Nazi that needs to go to hell along with Hitler.