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Twenty Years After Tiananmen.(International)(Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989)
Byline: Bao Tong; Bao, 85, is a democracy and human-rights activist living in Beijing.
In March, I received a letter from my daughter-in-law in America. It was sent four years ago, and I just received it. Ever since I was released from prison in 1996, my private correspondence has been monitored. I spend most of my time here at home, writing and living quietly. I am not allowed to have a fax machine, or Internet, or even a reliable mobile phone. Visitors are allowed to see me only after registering with security.
Since the crackdown on students in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, plenty has changed in China--but not enough. At the time, I headed the Communist Party Central Committee's research office on political reform. Our leader was Deng Xiaoping, whom many remember as a kindhearted man. He was not.
The party head was Zhao Ziyang, and he believed we should respond to some of the legitimate issues the students had raised, such as corruption. Deng met with Zhao on May 13, and told him that he agreed with this approach. I felt very happy and started making plans to meet with the students. But on May 17, everything changed. Deng decided to enforce martial law. Zhao was put under house ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Twenty Years After Tiananmen.(International)(Tiananmen Square...