May 2009
On 4th June 1989, tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square. They were told to clear the demonstrators at any cost - and they did. Zheng Fang lost his legs in the brutal reprisal - 20 years late...
May 2009
On 4th June 1989, tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square. They were told to clear the demonstrators at any cost - and they did. Zheng Fang lost his legs in the brutal reprisal - 20 years later he tells his story.
When Chinese pro-democracy official Hu Yaobang died, the nation wanted to mourn him. We requested permission to take part in the memorial ceremonies but our request was denied, explains Zheng Fang. Thousands believed the government was acting irrationally and in retaliation descended upon Tiananmen Square. Students and intellectuals swarmed to the memorial camps, which had evolved into a larger calling for democracy and the resignation of Premier Li Peng. There was a lot of passion amongst us students but we were also very naïve. After 7 weeks of protests the army was ordered to clear the Square. The tanks moved in on us from behind. They must have seen that we were leaving peacefully. So why did they plough into us at high speed? Zheng was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I found I had lost my legs. Twenty years on and the number of those injured and killed is still unknown. With the Chinese press not even allowed to mention the event, Zheng, who has now applied for political asylum in America, is determined not to let it be forgotten. The important thing is that the truth is preserved. I do not want this to gradually slip from the Chinese collective memory.
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Thank god that Korea wasn't unified under communist rule.
North Korea is a f*cked up country with f*cked up leadership, even the chinese government acknowledges that.
you are racist. USA is only in iraq for its oil, not for iraqis freedom. tibet was, is, and always wikll be part of china! fuck tibetan independence! long live chinese government! uighurs were only killed becuase they were terrorists!
long live PRC government! long live communism! long live tiananmem square massacre!
fuck freedom! fuck democracy! fuck USA and its dumb untrue propaganda! fuck freedom of speech! fuck these students!
BRING ON THE MASSACRES!!!!!