The June 4 Incident

I apologize for not posting this yesterday, I had a busy day at work.

Twenty years ago, cries for Freedom rose up among oppressed peoples the world over. Many of them were successful.

One, infamously, was not.

In Tiananmen Square, the world watched as Chinese cried out and were crushed.

Most remember this image:


One man, standing alone against hundreds of tons of steel.

Alas, it was for naught. The protests and the protesters were crushed. As for this man, some say he was killed. Some say he was pulled out of the line of fire before the shooting started.

Once it did, the casualities were 241 dead, and 7,000 wounded.
And there are STILL people in rotting in prison since then.

Yesterday, the Chinese government banned reporters from the square and no mention is made of 'The June 4 Incident'. Wiped from history, wiped from memory.

Don't let it be. Remember those brave souls that cried out for Freedom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989