Tiananmen Square incident is a sorrow. I do not want to comment it and let history to comment it without emotions attached.
From
my thoughts, China was not ready to switch to the democracy the
students wanted at that time. Democracy has to be earned gradually and
peacefully.
Compared China 10, 20 or 30 years ago, Chinese have
far more freedom than before. To me, the students should study hard and
get into politics to change China when they can make a difference.
However, today many Chinese get into government jobs at the hope of
making more money (via corruption?).
When you try to force democracy overnight, it
will not work and it will upset the current government to do what they
have never done for survival. It works in several revolutions with many
lives lost. The students did not have a chance with the army against you. Do not mix up ideology with reality.
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After the incident, the US has embargo on more high tech products that could be dual use. Since then, China buy more of these products from Russia and EU to some extent. China has been spending more efforts in developing these products.
The Chinese students, the top cream, were allowed to stay in the USA. It was one of the few times the US won in immigrants who contribute instead of collecting welfare. After the recession, some lost jobs and were forced to return to China where there were plenty of opportunities. They bought with them real experiences that benefit China a lot.
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