"They didn't know that we are seeds." I hope so that there still be some seeds as now not only China needs those seeds but the whole world which seems to be moving away from freedom.
@@m.a.vargas9278 What? Not sure what you are saying - Are you speaking regarding me? I never watch TV and did not even watch things much on the internet until recently. Regardless, of what happened in China (that is harder for me to determine as I was not there but I do not deny the event happened as some do) I do know we here in the West are also very much losing our freedoms and actually our TV is denying it but one can see it through your own eyes, experiences, and government regulations and mandates put forth. So I stand by what I said we all need those seeds of freedom.
Only when we have RUclips, then we knew there was lynching of soldiers before the massacre and students leaders fled before the massacre. In 1989, we didn't know this.
Yeah, Kinda like the Los Angeles Massacre of 1992 and calling it "a riot" is like calling Lydon B Johnson's "My Lai Massacre" in Vietnam a Christmas Party or the Bushes' Brutal Military Invasion of Iraq "liberation" or the genocide of 100 million native American's "The Founding of Modern America"....LOL
@TheTraveler Oh do shut up. Your fake statistics will get you nowhere. There were never 100 million native Americans living in North America at the time of the US expansion. A society that huge would not survive living in tents and tepees without more modern building techniques. And LA was a riot, because the "rioters" actually set out to cause destruction and commit violence in a moment of anger. There was no intended violence in Tiananmen Square. The US has hosted thousands of peaceful demonstrations and protests. This is the freedom that is provided under democracy. I can tell my leader I don't like him. I can tell him he's wrong. If we are not satisfied with his leadership, "We the People" can petition to have our president removed from office. Can you do the same with your leader?
It's like you try to stop a police officer on duty on the street. What do you think it's gonna happen? You try this in America, you will be a dead man for sure.
I think the guy didn't care at that point. He didn't strike me as dumb,he knew the tank could've plowed him down...you can only put a magnifying glass to an ant hill so long before the ants figure out who's setting them on fire,and they do something about it.
+Chris Chen These types of statements are so funny. US police officers have an oath to serve and protect the people. Chinese police, military and all government officials have an oath to protect the party only. American police sometimes break their oath and get punished, same as Chinese police.
Actually the students themselves have backing from military. There was a big split in military within the nation at that time and even before.The leaders of China were well aware of the situation. The nation was on the verge of a Civil War.
IF you actually understand what really happened, you will be laughing at yourself. The protest is not about corruption, free speech or democracy It is about asking the government to adopt a hard line against capitalism and curbing "speeches and practices" bad for the society. I am always amused how little people knew how the incident happened. Did you know Zhou Enlai's death was the trigger?
most of the protesters were maoists that hated the dengists reforms they were students who were struggling and hated that foreigners got a high stipend for studying with them. these protesters didn’t want capitalism or liberal “democracy” they wanted socialism. and that tank never hit that guy. but y’all don’t care about facts. glad i learned mandarin. 你们太傻了
Electric I don’t live in America. I live in Australia. I am a social advocate for racial equality especially indigenous Australian recognition. This is an event to be remembered- it’s so historically important. This massacre has been erased from China’s history.
You have no dialectical materialism at all. The Western White left Virgin Mary, brainwashed by the media, is a prejudice machine under the evil rule of the West. Do you really want the Chinese people to have a good life? You are just looking at us Chinese contemptuously from the perspective of hypocritical God. How many people have died in your own country because of the corruption of the government? We used to have problems in China, but now we are much better than you.
@@kineko6259 you are correct on many levels, American Government is horrifyingly corrupt and evil. But the level of brain washing onto its citizens leaves most unwavering in their blind patriotism. I do not believe the fairytale pounded in our heads of the beginnings of the “New World” and their stories of brave men, heroes, determined to escape control from the Crown to create a free country, a melting pot. I’d like to say, the entire vision that’s been sold doesn’t make sense to me. Considering the amount of continued affiliation with the Royal system, as well as documented history being very straightforward that the probability of successful cohabitation among multiple/many cultures not in favor for their declared vision. Therefore I believe America was designed for nefarious purposes, playing a specific role for future means to an end. It seems clear to me, especially considering the spiritual and moral generational decline of the people it produces. Everything points to America, land and people, not a true culture or permanent fixture, but a cultivated machine designed to complete a mission. Does anybody see it as I do? Or am I way off in my thinking?
One can be fooled by the one-sided stories. There are stories from other sides for you to know. You still need additional, deeper knowledge and analytical mind to get close to the truth. Perhaps you do not know the soldiers were brutally zttackec, burned or hung by the violent rioters. That was democracy to the rioters!
@@hengzi-cartoon On China's Hands....we have enough of our own here in the United States of America...lately Police here have been breaking down doors and killing us....there... feel better?
Amidst, the US had dark moments but we never hide what happened none like THE REGIME. It's because we can learn from the past. How can u learn from the past if they cover up the truth to it's people. U tell me.
or they will say they are traitors those who died for democracy have you any mercy in those students that are killed and an tank that are crashing people
They have been saying this for the past 28 years starting from Yuen Mu the Propaganda minister at that time.He told CNN very explicitly that not a single live is lost in Tianneman Square.
Wow, its amazing and sadful that we non chinese people live abroad, knowing those horrifyng events, but those chinese living there today never known that event ever occured..
@@corndog9997 True, if they didn't know it, means their parents either don't care or don't want their children to know this. Same the other way around, if they already knew this, they and their parents are open minded person that can communicate normally and with logic.
For what purpose??? Government of China are not pure at all but its give all needed by their people, 1989 Chinese students get propaganda from weat to challenging the government
All regimes have blood on their hands. Its naive to think otherwise because we're no better. Furthermore, China has changed dramatically and mostly for the better. Look up the opium war to see how equally terrible we've been. Its something we don't really get taught much, i wonder why?
There are people on RUclips from China that will argue that this never happened, despite the video footage. Some even say that the students broke the law and the soldiers were defending themselves.
Yinz which is precisely why it has failed in economy(chaotic and outdated financial institutions ), security(multiple military scandals including a misfired missile), and politics(dumbest people were put in power). Every Taiwan young people has lost hope in their government and those who are studying in the U.S wish to never go back
@@cindyzhang7622 yea ask your self if you can overcome your self , not to stay in a democracy country yourself ! By first you live in your country china ! Don't be a hypocrite !
@@bockscar1 Where to live is my freedom. It's not your business. I love China and I'm very happy with the freedom and democracy here. Look after yourself.
When you are a part of those who are in power, they will never give up their power to appease someone else's appeal for democracy and individual freedoms.
This is a very abbreviated summary which does not give much context or understanding of the order of events. A lot of the problem with misunderstanding this event is the popular name 'Tiananmen' square as the focal point. Yes, that was where the student protests were focused. However, once the martial law was announced and the invasion forces were sent in, there were roadblocks and Beijing civilians all around the paths leading towards the square. This is where most of the bloodshed took place. If you are faint of heart at seeing people die horribly, perhaps don't look up this footage. It's out there in more lengthy documentaries on this subject. APCs and Tanks ran indiscriminately through crowds of protestors, soldiers fired freely into crowds, vehicles, even ambulances. The civilians were trying to protect the students in the square from this force, and turn the soldiers away (as they had succeeded in doing once before), but this time were met with an armed response that had been ordered to use all means necessary to crush the protests once and for all. As it quickly became incredibly obvious that the military was using widespread and wanton deadly force, the protest/resistance splintered into two main groups : those who were absolutely terrified and tried to flee, and those that were completely enraged and decided to fight by any means necessary. That footage is absolutely stunning. Bodies in the streets of civilians, many having been crushed by tanks or cut down by heavy munitions, throngs of furious civilians rushing tanks and army vehicles with rocks, sticks, pipes, molotov cocktails, and containers of fuel and other flammables. When they did manage to get their hands on some troops by burning them out of their vehicles, they (somewhat understandably, to be fair) were in such a vengeance-minded spirit that they maimed, burned, beat, and otherwise took out their rage on any that they could. Despite these limited means of practical resistance, the deaths were massive on the resisting civilians vs military personnel, only logical when you are comparing armored and trained troops with automatic weapons vs men and women in t shirts on foot and on bicycles, carrying signs at first, rocks later. When the outer defensive pockets of resistance and roadblocks were crushed, the troops closed in and surrounded the students in the Square. Here, two things happened, both somewhat chilling. They 'negotiated' a corridor to lead any students who wanted to leave out of the area. A path was narrowly widened to allow students to pass out of the immediate vicinity. Those that remained were cut down shortly after this initial separation. In footage you can see the bodies and material quickly being gathered and burned in the vicinity of the fallen statue. Then, those that had volunteered to take the option of leaving through that offered safe passage found themselves herded into a dead end, where they too were quickly exterminated. Tank Man is also not such a mystery. When he came back off of the tank, and the cyclist comes over to him, you see two blue shirted men quickly grab him by the neck and arm (standard arresting procedure by their training) and then quickly turn and wave the tanks onward. These were plainclothes officers, probably of their military intelligence services, chosen to roam Beijing in groups to find any remaining pockets of organized resistance. He was almost certainly killed within moments of the footage popularly shown. There is no other logical conclusion to make on that front, sadly.
I have heard the question again and again. "How can the government do this to the people?". They question is not how can they but how many times it had happened already. Government always choose to kill first ask later when there is a protest like this. Even if it was a peaceful protest.
Dark side of a communists government.. As an Indian ... I will forever be grateful to the past leaders like Mahatma Gandhi or Nehru for choosing the part of Democracy.
When ever I see this type of golden generation protest for corruption want to fight for the good. I cried in joy. This was the worst aftermath for something good that supposed to happen
Came here to find a documentary of this after seeing incredibly gore images of this tragedy on Reddit. This is terrifying and truly a dark moment in time , I pray for peace to those who had died even if they have been gone since long ago.
The bravery, courage and selflessness of this one man willing to be run over by a tank is unbelievable (don't give me the 'he knew they wouldn't do that'-bullshit, they *did* run over others, too, the army was *shooting* at protesters for hours at this point). On top of aaall of this, he never came forward claiming any recognition, admiration or whatsoever for his heroic and peaceful stand. I hope that wherever he is, he knows that he changed the world of many and inspires many more to this day and is happy.
@@Amidat the army killed them, killed their parents when they tried to ride bicycles to the square to help them, and they flushed & packed their bodies away off the streets. no sympathy for the ccp, ever
@@kevinqi7992 that is an absolute lie... even Wikileaks exposed all the diplomatic cables noting no one died in the square and the students were allowed to leave. the killings happened in a different area when rioters started burning alive soldiers and hanging them in the streets... that's when the army started shooting those crowds but it took a while because they were originally unarmed.
I taught in Beijing for 10 years (2008-2018) for several years with a Chinese English teacher who had been a career Lt. Col. in the PLA, and was at TS. I don't know if this story is true, he was in charge of a company and got the order the day before they would rush the square and were ordered to shoot into the crowds who did not disperse. He had to give the order to his men. He told them, you must obey all orders, but you can choose to aim high. A soldier asked permission to leave for a few hours to warn his family because his brother was planning to be at TS the next day. He let him go. He was reprimanded, not for telling his men or giving them the choice to "aim high", he was reprimanded for allowing one soldier out to warn the public. There were 100,000 troops sent to clear the square. He also told me that the Army is seperate from the admin gvt in that PLA leadership doesn't change when Beijing does, and if any future government gave the order to shoot at unarmed Chinese civilians again, the army said they would shoot the entire sitting government who gave the order. I believe him.
Thirty years later, Tiananmen Square still remembered in Vancouver “Thousands of miles from Beijing, we are gathered to remember this history and pass it from elders to youth,” says Mabel Tung, the chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement. ZAK VESCERA Updated: June 3, 2019 The Goddess of Democracy carries a roughly shaped torch, her eyes staring defiantly forward. Around her are yellow flowers and caricatures of Chinese political and business leaders. In front are gathered members and supporters of the Vancouver Society for Democracy Movement, here to pay respect to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. “Thousands of miles from Beijing, we are gathered to remember this history and pass it from elders to youth,” says Mabel Tung, the chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement. “We are the legacy of Tiananmen Square. And we will not forget.” Thirty years ago, China’s military clamped down on student pro-democracy protests in Beijing and across the country in what is now known simply as June 4. An official death count was never released but is estimated in the thousands. After the massacre in 1989, Tung’s organization held hunger strikes, marches and protests in solidarity with the protesters killed. They still meet every year at the Goddess of Democracy on the UBC campus, which is modelled after a similar statue built by students during the original demonstration. It’s a ceremony that could never take place in China, where any mention of the massacre is censored. “It’s virtually impossible on the internet in China to ever use the numbers six and four together,” said Diana Lary, a professor of Chinese history at UBC. “They’ll be immediately deleted.” Lary was in China when the crackdown happened. She remembers comforting crying colleagues and riding an otherwise empty train to the embassy on the way to evacuate. But most of all, she remembers the anger. “I still feel that sometimes,” she said. “I felt this profound anger that the government dared do that in the middle of this lovely city.” When Tung heard the news, she was in the middle of a night shift as a nurse at Vancouver General Hospital. She and hundreds of other Vancouverites went straight to the Chinese consulate the next morning to protest. “Before June 4, we all hoped that China might change to a democratic country,” said Tung. “After the massacre, the hope faded away and we had so much anger that the country would do something to its own people.” It’s a hope that has only drifted farther away. During the ceremony, Tung noted the case of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, two Canadians apparently detained in retaliation for the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver under an extradition order from the United States. Richard Lee is a former MLA and founding member of the society. As an elected official, he says he promoted trade with China because he thought it would promote the expansion of civil rights. “This way, people in China might understand issues here more,” he said. He still pays the price for his stance against the government. He says he was denied entrance to his home country several years ago and was told by border officials “you know what you did.” Lee says some colleagues told him Chinese Consul General Tong Xiaoling refuses to attend events where he is present. The consulate did not respond to a request for comment. The detainment of Spavor and Kovrig along with the continuing internment of the Uighurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China’s Xinjiang province, leaves him little hope for democratic reform in China. “How can you claim to be ruled by law and then you’re not allowing someone being accused to see a lawyer to defend themselves?” he asked. Despite the setbacks overseas - and perhaps because of them - Tung says commemorating the massacre is more important than ever. “When you forget the piece of history, nothing will happen,” she said. “We have to remember this to pass it along to the next generation and the people around you and make sure it carries on. Once history is there, justice will be served.” The Goddess of Democracy itself is a reminder of how the memory of the massacre has persisted in the face of interference. When the statue was proposed the Chinese consulate originally penned letters to then-UBC President David Strangway demanding it not be allowed on campus and threatening to cancel programs between the school and China if the project continued. “This has survived in spite of the fact,” said Lary. “It’s come down to younger people even though China has done as much as it possibly can to not allow anybody to remember it.”
@@cindyzhang7622 if you are happy 50 cent happy , then start showing us by you live in China first ok ? Don't seek democracy your self and tell others they need to be controlled and they are happy ok ? Go live in your domestic country china ok ? Be a good citizens and stop using a banned CCP website ok ?
From what I understanding, Deng didn't want to have a political reform because the country had suffered tremendous damages under Mao's Cultural Revolution. If this continued, the country would be falling. The only way to solve people's facing problems is continuing on the economic reform. With people's living standards become lifted and improved and being smarter and knowledgeable over time, they would figure out a way of life that is right for them.
Lar M, please make a good example to show it is absolutely great to have multiparty system. Taiwan, America, India, some European countries? they are falling!! efficiency is extremely low. argue or everything. negotiation, American presidential selection is just a joke!!! in China, there are a lot of political formation but one party system is basic. China has chinese democracy. we have happily lived in China for over 40 years. I support it 100%. if you don't like. keep away from China.
Khoi Tran Anh, who cares aboiut other country with single-party system? they are not China. we all have two arms, two feet, one head. are we the same? have the same life? simgle-party system has its disadvantage. multi-party system has its disadvantage too. compare to the two systems, I prefer single-party system. we need a powerful governement to lead the country forward not a weak governmnet with two parties that counteract each other's efforts. government doesn't need to flatter the voters but maintain the majorities' interests and realize the majorities wishes! have problems, try to solve problems. reform policies gradually. China has other parties. other parties just give advise and openions not leading party. Chinese chairman is just the represent of the leading team. he doesn't have as much power as American president at all. policies are made by the people's congress. CCP is not people's enemy. I 100% support them. their goal is to eliminate poverty, to let all Chinese to have well-off life. I don't need to have another party to stop them as a footstone. a party helps a whole city to become more and more rich. even let some people become multimillionaire one night. are they bad?
VP Tim Walz said the reason he choose this area for their honeymoon was for the warm memories. Are you kidding . These students wanted to try capitalism
To be honest, I think the tank driver had conscience. The CCP leadership probably would have been fine letting the driver run the guy down. As it was, they publicly "praised" the driver to create the facade of the CCP being more "benevolent" than they really were.
@@thehighground3212 in fact China have improved the environment in recent years to have more hybrid or electric cars increasing, what have USA done to protect the green when up-to-date China's green zone occupies 25% of earth?
14:12 This was really emotional.. Thw army would be forced days later to fire on the protestors. I think they were forced to do so? Or did they really choose to fire on protestors days after accepting things from them?
DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THE PRC FOR THEIR SLAUGHTER OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS. FULL QUOTE: "When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it,” Trump said. “Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak." - Interview with Playboy in 1990
0 from the propaganda spoken person of China. 3000 from the BBC. 1578 from Hong Kong TVB , 683 from CNN. I haven't got the more exact figures other than those.
It seems in that generation of the 80’s people had the spirit to stand up and demand for a change. Now they are all afraid. But on a Machiavellian note: “it is better to be feared than loved” And the brutal crackdown that the CCP threw onto these students and demonstrators ensured its survival up to the present day. Also, with Hong Kong only brutality will ensure the CCP absolute control.
As a chinese, I feel like cracking down the protest was a necessary measure in 1989's context because China at that time couldn't afford to go to turmoil again after being in the cultural revolution for decade. Deng is the greatest leader in my opinion because people's lives were really significantly improved under him.
"They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we are seeds."
"They didn't know that we are seeds." I hope so that there still be some seeds as now not only China needs those seeds but the whole world which seems to be moving away from freedom.
@@m.a.vargas9278 What? Not sure what you are saying - Are you speaking regarding me? I never watch TV and did not even watch things much on the internet until recently.
Regardless, of what happened in China (that is harder for me to determine as I was not there but I do not deny the event happened as some do) I do know we here in the West are also very much losing our freedoms and actually our TV is denying it but one can see it through your own eyes, experiences, and government regulations and mandates put forth. So I stand by what I said we all need those seeds of freedom.
Only when we have RUclips, then we knew there was lynching of soldiers before the massacre and students leaders fled before the massacre. In 1989, we didn't know this.
Too bad most of people in China cannot see this video.
Don't worry the Nanking massacre and opium wars are enough for them to be reminded of how bad foreign powers can be.
@@dickiesdocos the students were Chinese you stupid paid troll idiot. Not foreigners.
@@dickiesdocos This is how your parents educated you. What kind of rubbish they are?
@@T-Bag001 Its Johnny come lately! You must be desperate for a conversation so tell me what's your problem?
中国人能看到
No, the newer generation will not forget.
Yeah, Kinda like the Los Angeles Massacre of 1992 and calling it "a
riot" is like calling Lydon B Johnson's "My Lai Massacre" in Vietnam a
Christmas Party or the Bushes' Brutal Military Invasion of Iraq
"liberation" or the genocide of 100 million native American's "The
Founding of Modern America"....LOL
@TheTraveler Oh do shut up. Your fake statistics will get you nowhere. There were never 100 million native Americans living in North America at the time of the US expansion. A society that huge would not survive living in tents and tepees without more modern building techniques. And LA was a riot, because the "rioters" actually set out to cause destruction and commit violence in a moment of anger. There was no intended violence in Tiananmen Square. The US has hosted thousands of peaceful demonstrations and protests. This is the freedom that is provided under democracy. I can tell my leader I don't like him. I can tell him he's wrong. If we are not satisfied with his leadership, "We the People" can petition to have our president removed from office. Can you do the same with your leader?
They did already kinda the remember it but details are different than what actually happened
Ur chinese right? Ur last name said Lu or if not than ur a wannabe style luhan fangirl? If ur chinese what do u think of students?
hope so. I was there 5.21-5.30 1989
19:52 an iconic moment in human history. An ordinary civilian, standing infront of a tank, incredible
He trusted the soldiers of PLA as the protectors of people. Sure enough, the soldiers stopped to avoid causing death.
@@linhwang6651 too bad not all PLA had the same thoughts at the time
And climbed on top of the tank. The tanks had to moved around him
In front of an entire battalion of tanks.
Standing alone in front of fascists
This guy has always been one of my heroes.
他们才是魔鬼好吗？头脑冲动，只会一味毁灭，没有能力建设，出了事情就跑路，煽动人群对立。关键是毫无羞耻心的到处造谣。
Why???? He knew the tank won't crash him.
@@jamesw3605 he has the warrior spirit and never gave up
5000 subs with 3 videos A warrior never runaway.
@@jamesw3605 he didn't run away he was dragged away
we will never forget
Standing in front of a tank...respect.
It's like you try to stop a police officer on duty on the street. What do you think it's gonna happen? You try this in America, you will be a dead man for sure.
I think the guy didn't care at that point. He didn't strike me as dumb,he knew the tank could've plowed him down...you can only put a magnifying glass to an ant hill so long before the ants figure out who's setting them on fire,and they do something about it.
yes mountain like respect to him he courage is like sacred himalayes
+Chris Chen These types of statements are so funny. US police officers have an oath to serve and protect the people. Chinese police, military and all government officials have an oath to protect the party only. American police sometimes break their oath and get punished, same as Chinese police.
respect too.awesome men
Ironically...its called 'people liberation army"
Yeah... liberating the people’s souls from their bodies
Is that why they are called People's Liberation Army? To liberate people from their lives.?
No - just like any normal country - they were to clear a public space. But you are unaware of the soldiers killed by rioters?
I guess if the army started shooting unarmed people with guns, I would probably pick up some rocks and start fighting back too.
except that's not what it started... but oh well
Yeah you're right, sources say the first deaths were students who were run over by tanks.
Actually the students themselves have backing from military. There was a big split in military within the nation at that time and even before.The leaders of China were well aware of the situation. The nation was on the verge of a Civil War.
Long live for the students and heroes who did their part to change the corrupt system. We are with you
Change ? IT got worse and worse....this world is finished .. all censor , corporations rule this earth
IF you actually understand what really happened, you will be laughing at yourself. The protest is not about corruption, free speech or democracy It is about asking the government to adopt a hard line against capitalism and curbing "speeches and practices" bad for the society.
I am always amused how little people knew how the incident happened. Did you know Zhou Enlai's death was the trigger?
Wumao
What exactly did they change?
What lol it did nothing, literally absolutely nothing
Hats off to AL Jazeera, most don't show guts because of business interests in China and fear of ban in China. Down with communism
You seem to love brutal Arab dictatorships and their fake news media ...
@@FakeNewsHunter Al Jazeera is banned in a lot of arab countries, you don't know much what you're talking about, do you ?
@@ziri9613 haha, free speech is only your free speech ;-)
@@elfogosoresbaloso2722 May be, that they mainly are made to cheat us Westerners that fits to US and their war propaganda.
most of the protesters were maoists that hated the dengists reforms they were students who were struggling and hated that foreigners got a high stipend for studying with them.
these protesters didn’t want capitalism or liberal “democracy”
they wanted socialism.
and that tank never hit that guy.
but y’all don’t care about facts.
glad i learned mandarin.
你们太傻了
Today It’s the 30 year anniversary of this massacre. My heart is heavy.
Electric I don’t live in America. I live in Australia. I am a social advocate for racial equality especially indigenous Australian recognition. This is an event to be remembered- it’s so historically important. This massacre has been erased from China’s history.
You have no dialectical materialism at all. The Western White left Virgin Mary, brainwashed by the media, is a prejudice machine under the evil rule of the West. Do you really want the Chinese people to have a good life? You are just looking at us Chinese contemptuously from the perspective of hypocritical God. How many people have died in your own country because of the corruption of the government? We used to have problems in China, but now we are much better than you.
@@kineko6259 you are correct on many levels, American Government is horrifyingly corrupt and evil. But the level of brain washing onto its citizens leaves most unwavering in their blind patriotism. I do not believe the fairytale pounded in our heads of the beginnings of the “New World” and their stories of brave men, heroes, determined to escape control from the Crown to create a free country, a melting pot. I’d like to say, the entire vision that’s been sold doesn’t make sense to me. Considering the amount of continued affiliation with the Royal system, as well as documented history being very straightforward that the probability of successful cohabitation among multiple/many cultures not in favor for their declared vision. Therefore I believe America was designed for nefarious purposes, playing a specific role for future means to an end. It seems clear to me, especially considering the spiritual and moral generational decline of the people it produces. Everything points to America, land and people, not a true culture or permanent fixture, but a cultivated machine designed to complete a mission. Does anybody see it as I do? Or am I way off in my thinking?
One can be fooled by the one-sided stories. There are stories from other sides for you to know. You still need additional, deeper knowledge and analytical mind to get close to the truth. Perhaps you do not know the soldiers were brutally zttackec, burned or hung by the violent rioters. That was democracy to the rioters!
Nothing happend
Chinese I.T. paid members are active on the comment reply section more than the comment section...😊
These comments are beyond unbelievable
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
God bless those of you who had the vision and the strength to stand up. Much respect from the USA. Shame on the Government for such blood shed.
where is the Blood ? Why you western are so in lying?
@@hengzi-cartoon On China's Hands....we have enough of our own here in the United States of America...lately Police here have been breaking down doors and killing us....there... feel better?
wait - so you are claiming the US government has never killed civilians in the US?????
Amidst, the US had dark moments but we never hide what happened none like THE REGIME. It's because we can learn from the past. How can u learn from the past if they cover up the truth to it's people. U tell me.
@big Cahoona If the demonstrators in Tien An Men were allowed to do what they did, do you think China would have been successful as it is today?
That guy has more balls n more compassion than any of us. I wish we could know that guy.
Watching this on June 4th 2021. Sending out thoughts, prayers & love to all those affected 💞
well the CCP will be coming here then say nothing happened in that time
or they will say they are traitors those who died for democracy have you any mercy in those students that are killed and an tank that are crashing people
They have been saying this for the past 28 years starting from Yuen Mu the Propaganda minister at that time.He told CNN very explicitly that not a single live is lost in Tianneman Square.
Respect to you for standing up for your rights and humanity
So sad to see such merciless killing of the human spirit
Are you talking about USA army?
K L meh,they have done their bulshity acts,but not as bad as china
@@Pipodecatan are you raciest? man
K L nah,why ya say that?
@@Pipodecatan OK. You are a raciest.
This video caused me to tear up. I hope that one day the Chinese people will have true freedom.
Wow, its amazing and sadful that we non chinese people live abroad, knowing those horrifyng events, but those chinese living there today never known that event ever occured..
I want every single person who comes to the United States from China, whether that be as a student or with a Visa, to watch this video.
And buy a rifle.
I think it won't work because for them, it will only be a propaganda video. They have been brainwashed so it won't work in this way.
@@corndog9997 True, if they didn't know it, means their parents either don't care or don't want their children to know this. Same the other way around, if they already knew this, they and their parents are open minded person that can communicate normally and with logic.
Thanks
That wasn't even that long ago man. Thats sad that Asia has some real corrupt government issues. I mean sending in tanks??
We will never forget what these men and women fought and died for, freedom is worth dying for.
Hector Nunez So, U do remember someone died in that incident. Who? Give a name.
David Lee Jiang Jielian
Do you want ten thousand more names?
Stop hiding this video RUclips/Google. Promote it
For what purpose??? Government of China are not pure at all but its give all needed by their people, 1989 Chinese students get propaganda from weat to challenging the government
Thats why we have so many chinese living abroad becuase of democracy and getting away from a cruel regine.
All regimes have blood on their hands. Its naive to think otherwise because we're no better. Furthermore, China has changed dramatically and mostly for the better. Look up the opium war to see how equally terrible we've been. Its something we don't really get taught much, i wonder why?
There are people on RUclips from China that will argue that this never happened, despite the video footage.
Some even say that the students broke the law and the soldiers were defending themselves.
It’s sad but also frustrating because it seems like the propaganda BS fed by their gov’t is working
we could have had democracy
muricans can show us first.
Yinz which is precisely why it has failed in economy(chaotic and outdated financial institutions ), security(multiple military scandals including a misfired missile), and politics(dumbest people were put in power). Every Taiwan young people has lost hope in their government and those who are studying in the U.S wish to never go back
NONONO
Joe black - except the students originally were protesting for more socialism from the government... they didn't even have a clue what democracy was.
USSR could have saved itself
*People's* Republic of China
that's the most ironic name for the country
What a good documentary. My heart is with them.
Praying for the brothers and sisters of China.
May your chains of repression be broken !!
Peace and Lots of Love from Mumbai India ❤️🙏
Thanks for this post, John Barnett revisited November 2023❤
One day WE SHALL OVERCOME!!
ask your American dad if it is able to overcome? waste!
@@cindyzhang7622 yea ask your self if you can overcome your self , not to stay in a democracy country yourself ! By first you live in your country china ! Don't be a hypocrite !
@@bockscar1 Where to live is my freedom. It's not your business. I love China and I'm very happy with the freedom and democracy here. Look after yourself.
When you are a part of those who are in power, they will never give up their power to appease someone else's appeal for democracy and individual freedoms.
couldnt stop the tears god i have been living in china for 5 years godddd i feel so baad for citizens here now .god what kind of government does this
Communist governments...
Can anyone find the original clip at 12:04? I would like to see that talk between the student leaders and the communist leader
James Johnson - Absolutely. It is biased showing selective footage. Where are the clips of dead young soldiers?
Mei Choi Thanks for participating, Wu Mao
This is a very abbreviated summary which does not give much context or understanding of the order of events. A lot of the problem with misunderstanding this event is the popular name 'Tiananmen' square as the focal point.
Yes, that was where the student protests were focused. However, once the martial law was announced and the invasion forces were sent in, there were roadblocks and Beijing civilians all around the paths leading towards the square. This is where most of the bloodshed took place. If you are faint of heart at seeing people die horribly, perhaps don't look up this footage. It's out there in more lengthy documentaries on this subject. APCs and Tanks ran indiscriminately through crowds of protestors, soldiers fired freely into crowds, vehicles, even ambulances. The civilians were trying to protect the students in the square from this force, and turn the soldiers away (as they had succeeded in doing once before), but this time were met with an armed response that had been ordered to use all means necessary to crush the protests once and for all.
As it quickly became incredibly obvious that the military was using widespread and wanton deadly force, the protest/resistance splintered into two main groups : those who were absolutely terrified and tried to flee, and those that were completely enraged and decided to fight by any means necessary. That footage is absolutely stunning. Bodies in the streets of civilians, many having been crushed by tanks or cut down by heavy munitions, throngs of furious civilians rushing tanks and army vehicles with rocks, sticks, pipes, molotov cocktails, and containers of fuel and other flammables. When they did manage to get their hands on some troops by burning them out of their vehicles, they (somewhat understandably, to be fair) were in such a vengeance-minded spirit that they maimed, burned, beat, and otherwise took out their rage on any that they could. Despite these limited means of practical resistance, the deaths were massive on the resisting civilians vs military personnel, only logical when you are comparing armored and trained troops with automatic weapons vs men and women in t shirts on foot and on bicycles, carrying signs at first, rocks later.
When the outer defensive pockets of resistance and roadblocks were crushed, the troops closed in and surrounded the students in the Square. Here, two things happened, both somewhat chilling. They 'negotiated' a corridor to lead any students who wanted to leave out of the area. A path was narrowly widened to allow students to pass out of the immediate vicinity. Those that remained were cut down shortly after this initial separation. In footage you can see the bodies and material quickly being gathered and burned in the vicinity of the fallen statue. Then, those that had volunteered to take the option of leaving through that offered safe passage found themselves herded into a dead end, where they too were quickly exterminated.
Tank Man is also not such a mystery. When he came back off of the tank, and the cyclist comes over to him, you see two blue shirted men quickly grab him by the neck and arm (standard arresting procedure by their training) and then quickly turn and wave the tanks onward. These were plainclothes officers, probably of their military intelligence services, chosen to roam Beijing in groups to find any remaining pockets of organized resistance. He was almost certainly killed within moments of the footage popularly shown. There is no other logical conclusion to make on that front, sadly.
U got it, Bro.
If you want to know what kind of a country china is, you have to looks no further than what happened here.
This event doesn't define what the country is
@@hellobye-ju2yh it kinda does
@@takingdumponpresidenttrump669 It kinda doesn't
Woah! Slow down guys. I'm struggling to follow this intellectual debate 🙄
I have heard the question again and again. "How can the government do this to the people?". They question is not how can they but how many times it had happened already. Government always choose to kill first ask later when there is a protest like this. Even if it was a peaceful protest.
Dark side of a communists government..
As an Indian ... I will forever be grateful to the past leaders like Mahatma Gandhi or Nehru for choosing the part of Democracy.
When ever I see this type of golden generation protest for corruption want to fight for the good. I cried in joy. This was the worst aftermath for something good that supposed to happen
Came here to find a documentary of this after seeing incredibly gore images of this tragedy on Reddit.
This is terrifying and truly a dark moment in time , I pray for peace to those who had died even if they have been gone since long ago.
The bravery, courage and selflessness of this one man willing to be run over by a tank is unbelievable (don't give me the 'he knew they wouldn't do that'-bullshit, they *did* run over others, too, the army was *shooting* at protesters for hours at this point). On top of aaall of this, he never came forward claiming any recognition, admiration or whatsoever for his heroic and peaceful stand.
I hope that wherever he is, he knows that he changed the world of many and inspires many more to this day and is happy.
nonsense... he wasn't going to be run over... he knew he wouldn't. if they were so brutal he would have been shot... but he wasn't.
@Minecraft Veteran they fire bombed trucks and buses and armored personell carriers.
@@Amidat the army killed them, killed their parents when they tried to ride bicycles to the square to help them, and they flushed & packed their bodies away off the streets. no sympathy for the ccp, ever
@@kevinqi7992 that is an absolute lie... even Wikileaks exposed all the diplomatic cables noting no one died in the square and the students were allowed to leave. the killings happened in a different area when rioters started burning alive soldiers and hanging them in the streets... that's when the army started shooting those crowds but it took a while because they were originally unarmed.
I taught in Beijing for 10 years (2008-2018) for several years with a Chinese English teacher who had been a career Lt. Col. in the PLA, and was at TS. I don't know if this story is true, he was in charge of a company and got the order the day before they would rush the square and were ordered to shoot into the crowds who did not disperse. He had to give the order to his men. He told them, you must obey all orders, but you can choose to aim high. A soldier asked permission to leave for a few hours to warn his family because his brother was planning to be at TS the next day. He let him go.
He was reprimanded, not for telling his men or giving them the choice to "aim high", he was reprimanded for allowing one soldier out to warn the public. There were 100,000 troops sent to clear the square. He also told me that the Army is seperate from the admin gvt in that PLA leadership doesn't change when Beijing does, and if any future government gave the order to shoot at unarmed Chinese civilians again, the army said they would shoot the entire sitting government who gave the order.
I believe him.
Thirty years later, Tiananmen Square still remembered in Vancouver
“Thousands of miles from Beijing, we are gathered to remember this history and pass it from elders to youth,” says Mabel Tung, the chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement.
ZAK VESCERA Updated: June 3, 2019
The Goddess of Democracy carries a roughly shaped torch, her eyes staring defiantly forward.
Around her are yellow flowers and caricatures of Chinese political and business leaders. In front are gathered members and supporters of the Vancouver Society for Democracy Movement, here to pay respect to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
“Thousands of miles from Beijing, we are gathered to remember this history and pass it from elders to youth,” says Mabel Tung, the chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement.
“We are the legacy of Tiananmen Square. And we will not forget.”
Thirty years ago, China’s military clamped down on student pro-democracy protests in Beijing and across the country in what is now known simply as June 4.
An official death count was never released but is estimated in the thousands.
After the massacre in 1989, Tung’s organization held hunger strikes, marches and protests in solidarity with the protesters killed.
They still meet every year at the Goddess of Democracy on the UBC campus, which is modelled after a similar statue built by students during the original demonstration.
It’s a ceremony that could never take place in China, where any mention of the massacre is censored.
“It’s virtually impossible on the internet in China to ever use the numbers six and four together,” said Diana Lary, a professor of Chinese history at UBC. “They’ll be immediately deleted.”
Lary was in China when the crackdown happened. She remembers comforting crying colleagues and riding an otherwise empty train to the embassy on the way to evacuate. But most of all, she remembers the anger.
“I still feel that sometimes,” she said. “I felt this profound anger that the government dared do that in the middle of this lovely city.”
When Tung heard the news, she was in the middle of a night shift as a nurse at Vancouver General Hospital. She and hundreds of other Vancouverites went straight to the Chinese consulate the next morning to protest.
“Before June 4, we all hoped that China might change to a democratic country,” said Tung. “After the massacre, the hope faded away and we had so much anger that the country would do something to its own people.”
It’s a hope that has only drifted farther away. During the ceremony, Tung noted the case of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, two Canadians apparently detained in retaliation for the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver under an extradition order from the United States.
Richard Lee is a former MLA and founding member of the society. As an elected official, he says he promoted trade with China because he thought it would promote the expansion of civil rights.
“This way, people in China might understand issues here more,” he said.
He still pays the price for his stance against the government. He says he was denied entrance to his home country several years ago and was told by border officials “you know what you did.”
Lee says some colleagues told him Chinese Consul General Tong Xiaoling refuses to attend events where he is present. The consulate did not respond to a request for comment.
The detainment of Spavor and Kovrig along with the continuing internment of the Uighurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China’s Xinjiang province, leaves him little hope for democratic reform in China.
“How can you claim to be ruled by law and then you’re not allowing someone being accused to see a lawyer to defend themselves?” he asked.
Despite the setbacks overseas - and perhaps because of them - Tung says commemorating the massacre is more important than ever.
“When you forget the piece of history, nothing will happen,” she said. “We have to remember this to pass it along to the next generation and the people around you and make sure it carries on. Once history is there, justice will be served.”
The Goddess of Democracy itself is a reminder of how the memory of the massacre has persisted in the face of interference.
When the statue was proposed the Chinese consulate originally penned letters to then-UBC President David Strangway demanding it not be allowed on campus and threatening to cancel programs between the school and China if the project continued.
“This has survived in spite of the fact,” said Lary. “It’s come down to younger people even though China has done as much as it possibly can to not allow anybody to remember it.”
It is June 4th, 2022. We will not forget.
so many 50 cent trolls down here...
over 90% of demostic Chinese are 50 cents. We are happy 50 cents. Hahahha
@@cindyzhang7622 if you are happy 50 cent happy , then start showing us by you live in China first ok ?
Don't seek democracy your self and tell others they need to be controlled and they are happy ok ?
Go live in your domestic country china ok ? Be a good citizens and stop using a banned CCP website ok ?
Cindy Zhang can you kill emperor Xi for us? You can pretend to be 50 cents troll then murder him for good!
I've never watch a Doc about this despite hearing about this , great report guys
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i wish i was born in the old days to feel this things.
Your turn is coming.
From what I understanding, Deng didn't want to have a political reform because the country had suffered tremendous damages under Mao's Cultural Revolution. If this continued, the country would be falling. The only way to solve people's facing problems is continuing on the economic reform. With people's living standards become lifted and improved and being smarter and knowledgeable over time, they would figure out a way of life that is right for them.
No political reform is allowed under Communism.Political reform call for the end of communism.
Exactly
Lar M, please make a good example to show it is absolutely great to have multiparty system. Taiwan, America, India, some European countries? they are falling!! efficiency is extremely low. argue or everything. negotiation, American presidential selection is just a joke!!! in China, there are a lot of political formation but one party system is basic. China has chinese democracy. we have happily lived in China for over 40 years. I support it 100%. if you don't like. keep away from China.
Cool. Tell me one other country with single-party system that is not poor.
Khoi Tran Anh, who cares aboiut other country with single-party system? they are not China. we all have two arms, two feet, one head. are we the same? have the same life? simgle-party system has its disadvantage. multi-party system has its disadvantage too. compare to the two systems, I prefer single-party system. we need a powerful governement to lead the country forward not a weak governmnet with two parties that counteract each other's efforts. government doesn't need to flatter the voters but maintain the majorities' interests and realize the majorities wishes! have problems, try to solve problems. reform policies gradually. China has other parties. other parties just give advise and openions not leading party. Chinese chairman is just the represent of the leading team. he doesn't have as much power as American president at all. policies are made by the people's congress. CCP is not people's enemy. I 100% support them. their goal is to eliminate poverty, to let all Chinese to have well-off life. I don't need to have another party to stop them as a footstone. a party helps a whole city to become more and more rich. even let some people become multimillionaire one night. are they bad?
30 years on nothing has changed in that part of the world
chinese people is so brave ..
chinese people"s liberration army so brave
bad people stop making chaos
All the Chinese Except the Wu Mao, like the coward for hire....wild fire
VP Tim Walz said the reason he choose this area for their honeymoon was for the warm memories. Are you kidding . These students wanted to try capitalism
28.11.2022 coming back here after seeing what have happened in shanghai, xinjiang, wuhan and peking.
pray for Urumqi🕯🙏🏼
Many of the Chinese youth in mainland China doesn't know this history exists. With 20.1% youth unemployment in 2023, this might happen again
I work with a Chinese lady and she never even heard of this happening. Most Chinese dont know about this at all.
God bless Tank man 🙏
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20:06 - that guy could not move, because of his huge steel balls.
Excuse me, I dropped my jaw, need to look for it.
I am with the good people who said no to the government . Be strong good people your day will come ❤
Tank man, one of the bravest man in China. That's what real protesting looks like.
but ccp said it was the student attack the army first, funny atttack with banner and bicycle against guns and tank
Beware of dangerous protesters in Hong Kong carrying a small pair of scissors.
More people should know what happened in my country
Always remember!!!
In an alternative perspective, the tank shows its restraint and patience in front of the tank man.
all hail the tank man.
I understand that your party is remorseless and is prepared to go to great lengths to justify it's ruthlessness.
To be honest, I think the tank driver had conscience. The CCP leadership probably would have been fine letting the driver run the guy down. As it was, they publicly "praised" the driver to create the facade of the CCP being more "benevolent" than they really were.
I bet Westerners don't know this scam in China called "碰瓷" ;)
i.imgur.com/eyUnc.jpg
amazing story
My parents try to hide it from me too
Why don’t everyone do this in China now. Even the military should join in on protest.
How ironic that Al Jazeera speaks of this... you will get yours.
please explain
what
Tiannanment squere tragedy , super tragedy brutal (1989) for humanity , hero student china never forget for freedom they country
I can't believe till this day so many chinese are still under denial.!
5:33 what's the song called
It's fun that foreigners Looking at the seven-hand data sighed: "OH, Chinese people no freedom, Chinese people so poor, they don't know the history."
What are you talking about??
@@jobansand It's easy to understand bro, read and understand by yourself
@@kingsolm9791 No it's not. What are you talking about?
It's a basic rule of the Highway Code:pedestrians always have priority on vehicles,even if it's a tank.
So that’s why nobody talks about politics in China today. Oh! once these people had balls. Really sad incident
Because nobody talks about China politics, their country economy progressed to world no. 2, isn't that great?😏
@@thehighground3212 what environmental issue?
@@thehighground3212 every country have pollutions and not restricted to China
@@thehighground3212 in fact China have improved the environment in recent years to have more hybrid or electric cars increasing, what have USA done to protect the green when up-to-date China's green zone occupies 25% of earth?
@@thehighground3212 and are you sure the garbage that flow to USA is from China? Don't bs if these are from USA yourself😝
14:12 This was really emotional.. Thw army would be forced days later to fire on the protestors. I think they were forced to do so? Or did they really choose to fire on protestors days after accepting things from them?
It was different people. They drew in units from the countryside and far away from Beijing.
It was so sad watching all those people killed.
Lest we forget.
I hope history does not repeat itself in Hong Kong
We are the warriors that save the democracy
Fck your Democracy and undiscipline
Respect to the tank crew for showing restraint.
DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THE PRC FOR THEIR SLAUGHTER OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS. FULL QUOTE: "When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it,” Trump said. “Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak." - Interview with Playboy in 1990
who is the man who stopped the tank? where he now?
you know he's probably dead from govt execution
So sad
Probably a businessman living in Canada.
+Kwanglebeh you mean the tank operator?
The tank driver was executed.
You are not the losers.The world learn
From your hardships and looking
Forward to better future for all
Tiananmen protest is a proud event for real Chinese but is a shame for Chinese traitors (the Chinese communist part).
The world abandoned the people protesting in tianamen protestors
i just ask one question: how many people died in this riot, and where do you get your source?
0 from the propaganda spoken person of China. 3000 from the BBC. 1578 from Hong Kong TVB , 683 from CNN. I haven't got the more exact figures other than those.
Colin Yuan 10000, UK intel
2640 in the early hours of the morning, just from red cross alone. That was the figure that was ordered to be retracted
robspunk
That is just what this video tells you.
It seems in that generation of the 80’s people had the spirit to stand up and demand for a change. Now they are all afraid.
But on a Machiavellian note: “it is better to be feared than loved”
And the brutal crackdown that the CCP threw onto these students and demonstrators ensured its survival up to the present day. Also, with Hong Kong only brutality will ensure the CCP absolute control.
i really dislike the soundtrack of this video, but very interesting otherwise
That professor from Princeton actually have a big brain.
I wanna hear the original audio rather than the filtered narration.
We aren't forgotten but don't know
USA game,look at Iraq, look at Libya, currently look at Venezuela
Agree !!!!!
It’s not their capital. CCP slaughters their own in Beijing
Nice👍
As a chinese, I feel like cracking down the protest was a necessary measure in 1989's context because China at that time couldn't afford to go to turmoil again after being in the cultural revolution for decade. Deng is the greatest leader in my opinion because people's lives were really significantly improved under him.
They didn't crack down on a protest, they started killing their own citizens. Nice spin though.
And the funny thing is that normal people died in this protest and all their leaders are safe and prosperous.