19 years ago today, students and pro-democracy advocates were massacred in Tian An Men (天安门) Square.
Today, all the blood has been wiped clean. All records in China regarding the incident have been "deleted". Students in China are taught a very different history today.
The powers in China would like the Chinese people to forget about that incident. But by pretending it did not happen, it doesn't mean that the people did not die.
I will remember. I hope you'll join me to remember to.
And here's the famous clip of one rebel stopping a whole fleet of tanks!!!
It never fails to move me each time i watch it. What can one man do? Defenceless, unarmed, against a whole fleet of tanks (if you look at other clips, it'll show the many tanks behind)? He stopped them all. And today, he still encourages and touch lives of others.
There are plenty of people who pray for peace
But if praying were enough it would have come to be
Let your words enslave no one and the heavens will hush themselves
To hear our voices ring out clear
with sounds of freedom
sounds of freedom
Come on you unbelievers, move out of the way
there is a new army coming and we are armed with faith
To live, we must give
To live
And lend out voices only to sounds of freedom
No longer lend out strength to that which we with to be free from
Fill your lives with love and bravery
And we shall lead a life uncommon
Jewel Kilcher
*Taken from his album Dangerous, this song is also remembered for the interesting music video set in ancient Egypt.
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