Returning to Tiananmen Square

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-widener/returning-to-tiananmen-sq_b_211138.html

2009-06-03-china19

On the day before my return to Honolulu, I struggled with jet lag and finally made the pilgrimage to Tiananmen Square. Security police squinted at me with cold stares and I felt like squinting back but I could not. The black and white video of a Chinese tank toppling the Goddess of Democracy was still etched in my brain. It was hard to imagine that this wide open square in the late afternoon was once filled with joyous hope for the future and dancing children only to be left in ruins with blood-stained tents.

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Created by serpentinite on 09 June 2009

serpentinite's thoughts:

An account of Jegg Widener's return to Beijing. Short but very interesting nonetheless.

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