Tiananmen Square Remembered

American Journalism Center ^ | June 16, 2010 | Emily Jaroma

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Tiananmen Square Remembered

Emily Jaroma, June 16, 2010

It has been 21 years since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Democracy Movement. It was on June 4, 1989 that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Chinese protested for democracy and as a result were brutally murdered by Chinese government officials.

Yesterday Initiatives for China hosted a memorial service to remember the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Many gathered to remember those who died standing for freedom as well as share their stories about what life is really like as a Chinese citizen today.

The Memorial service was held at the Goddess of Democracy statue in Washington D.C. Dr. Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation raised the money for this statue, which was later accepted by President George W. Bush on behalf of the American people. Dr. Edwards opened the ceremony with a short tribute to those who had died fighting, for freedom. “We will not rest until tyranny of communist China has ended,” he said. “There is an innate desire in everyone for freedom and liberty.”

Nancy Pelosi sent a statement to Initiatives for China, which was read aloud to those gathered. Pelosi said to the people of China, “We remember with sadness and outrage how China’s military was unleashed on its own people. One of the most enduring images of the 20th Century will forever be seared into our conscience—the picture of the lone man standing in the street, bringing the line of tanks to a grinding halt. Today, the spirit of Tiananmen lives on in the hearts and minds of those continuing the struggle both in China and abroad. These heroes have the courage to speak out for freedom.”...

[skeeter]

Belle Pelosi - defender of freedom abroad (and virtual slavery at home).

[fish hawk]

My friend just got back from China from a business trip. While there he talked to a lot of the regular people he met and to several of them mentioned this incident. No one he talked to knew anything about it. He fired up his computer to show a friend there all about it. He went to Google and punched in Tienanmen Massacre. It came up and all the sudden his computer shut down. The Chinese have full control of the internet over there.Be carefull Americans, this could happen to us.

[Retired Greyhound]

Does anyone know what happened to the little fella that stood down the tanks?

[CrazyIvan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

I heard that he “disappeared”.

[Retired Greyhound]

Bless him.

It is among the most enduring images of my lifetime.

[CrazyIvan]

A few weeks after Tiananmen Square happened I saw on TV some goofball liberal prof from a local college protesting somethingby sitting in the middle of one of the campus streets. Thepolice had parked a car behind him with lights flashing to keep the guy from getting run over and improving the gene pool. A reporter was interviewing him and one of his statements was that sitting here with the police car behind him he now knew how the man in front of the tank felt! Hardastarbard is right; liberalism IS a
cognative dissorder.

[dfwgator]

I happened to be listening live on shortwave on June 4th when Radio Beijing announced that the massacre was going on, by the next hour, they were back spouting the party line.