Such a big great tree
Heads hold up the sky, feet press down the earth
Straight you are in the howling wind and rain
Erect still under the heavy snow and ice
“Come on” you say to the storm
Listen to the stories from my green leaves
Feel their elation and pain
Epoch Times: This is a now obscure song written by an artist in honor of Hu Yaobang, ex-General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, who passed away on April 15, 1989. His death marked the beginning of the student movement that led to the infamous June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.
My eyes filled with tears when I thought of this song—not for Hu, but for my motherland, China.
Alas, China, where is your cherished ancient wisdom, beauty, and justice? Communist violence and corruption have ailed you for 70 years. Many brave youths have given their lives for your vitality, but the last century has not been kind to your sons and daughters. Now I am a proud citizen of the great United States, yet my heart still yearns for my motherland to return to her full glory.
It is with these thoughts in mind that I sit down to write about the Tiananmen Square Massacre as its 30th anniversary approaches.
The Party’s Biggest Deception
Chinese culture is magical, and its language holds secrets. If you know how to read traditional Chinese characters, the secrets of the world can reveal themselves to you.
For example, the character 黨 (political party) is composed of the characters 尚 (aspire to) and 黑 (blackness or darkness).But 國 (country) is composed of 囗 (walled enclosure), 戈 (weapon), 一 (one), and 口 (mouth, or person). This reveals that a political party has a tendency for dirty tricks, and that a country requires every person’s duty to protect it with weaponry.
Since the Chinese Communist Party took over China in 1949, the biggest trick it has played on the Chinese people (and the world) was to confuse the meanings of these two words. Every day the propaganda machine equates “children of China” to “children of the Party,” and instead of “Mother China” it says “Mother Party.” Instead of “sacrifice for the country,” it touts “sacrifice for the Party.” more
I spent two weeks in China in April 2002, led by a very knowledgeable professor. We ended in Beijing, after spending a few days in Lhasa Tibet and seeing the Chinese impact there. When our bus arrived in Beijing the first thing we did was drive around Tiananmen Square while the professor explained what really happened there. It started with a bunch of college kids – but the kids were students at Beijing University, which is the equivalent of our entire bunch of Ivy League schools. They were scions of the elite, very important families were represented. And it started as an issue about representation.
The first troops were sympathetic to the college kids. So the troops were removed, and replaced with Mongolian troops who didn’t even understand the common Mandarin language, and couldn’t be swayed by argument.
I think the official Chinese claim was that hundreds of troops were killed by the demonstrators. Reality is more like a few thousand demonstrators were killed, few soldiers if any. The professor said that for many years afterward you could still see the bullet grooves in the cement, but by 2002 they were no longer visible.
Needless to say there have been huge repercussions given how well-connected the victims were, but not very visible to the outside world.
We’re having a struggle here with those power drunk elitists who would like nothing more than to bring the American people to heel.
Thankfully so far we’ve been spared much of what they had in mind thanks to an unconventional billionaire who decided this country was worth saving. Much is still to be done but slowly people are awakening. Things don’t seem as dark as they did a couple years ago.
I was in China just over 6 months before Tiananmen Square erupted. The Chinese I worked with were all excited about their future. It’s the only place I had a big banner at the front gate announcing my arrival, and a red carpet at the door. I was about to sell those guys a whole bunch of tools.
Do not assume for a second that ONLY communist governments are willing to kill their own citizens….
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
Just back (last month) from 3 weeks in China: Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing, Lijang, Chengdu, Xian and Shanghai. Found it all fascinating. Lots of police, lots of cameras, but everyone is well behaved. In Shanghai (pop 25 million or so) we may have heard 2-3 car horns in 4 days. People walk around at 10-11pm with no fear. Penalty for drug use/dealing is DEATH.
Sure, we were tourists and saw only what they wanted us to see. Communism seems to be losing out to capitalism. We shall see.