It is pretty amazing how the Chinese government continues to do everything possible to keep the truth about Tiananmen under wraps from it's own citizens. Most Chinese(in China) that I have talked to have a vague idea that something happened but no idea exactly what. Tiananmen Square itself is a pretty weird place. I thought it would be a somber place, almost like a cemetary or something. Instead, it's like a giant cement park; people picknicking, flying kites, doing taiqi, etc. Weird.

Then again, our media is just as bad about telling us the truth about what happened there. What really happened is a far cry from what most Americans have been led to believe and here's the kicker- The U.S. government's reaction to the protesters would have been the exact same thing if it happened here.