Tiananmen Square Anniversary

I really didnt know much about the subject. It was brought up around the college campus. The 20th anniversary of an important event I know nothing about really started to bug me. I did some reasearch and stumbled upon this video. The overall event was horrible and I can't believe its still happening to this day. (This video led to to also find out more about the occupancy of tibet which is even more disturbing. Genocide in our own back yard to say the least.) The video is about the events leading up to the Tiananmen Square Massacre. I was only 1 at the time so i did the classic "where were you when..." questions to older people to find out more about the event and wow very sad conversations.

So to those who are old enough to remember, where were you when you heard or saw the event unfolding in Tiananmen Square?


The movie is very graphic but the event was equally as graphic, really is the only way to portrait the event: Link

[George]

The event was absoltely horrible, and sadly there probably will be more events like that in our lifetime.

[Fiorino]

China pretending nothing happened does nothing but embarass themselves. Everyone knows that YOU ARE GUILTY China!!

[partietraumatic]

Originally Posted by George

The event was absoltely horrible, and sadly there probably will be more events like that in our lifetime.

I know,sadly this is true The one that really upsets me at the moment is the stuff thats going on in the Congo in Africa. Its never in the news which is what really winds me up when its estimated that 45000 people die per MONTH

[seanr]

surely, can't the people move to a different country?
still, something needs to be done. but, due to the government, it would mean assasination or something

[SlickyPants]

It is a terrible tragedy what happened 20 years ago.

The iconic photograph's of "Tank Man" standing in front of a line of tanks really moves me beyond words. I've always wondered what happened to him after he was escorted off the street by some people in white and blue shirts. I also wonder what might have happened to the driver of the tank who refused to run him over.

All these years the only shots of Tank Man were from above. To mark the 20th anniversary, a photographer who was there released a photograph from ground level which is pretty neat to see.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...on-history/?hp

[Ionless]

Well the circumstances of the event were highly controversial and it would be hard to make a fair and objective comment in this case. The power of the students' revolt was rising and the whole situation was spiralling out of control. While I disapprove of the Chinese Government's approach to the incident, and the fact that they refused to allow others or even their own citizens to know about (many Chinese did not know such a thing existed until they left China years later), I believe it was a regrettable incident in which the Chinese government acted as a last resort.

That being said, I agree it was a horrible thing. It's better now though (in china at least).