George - For better or for worse, don’t you know how much you have inspired me to write and post?! With your own articles and style, and with that dare of yours?!
Ethan – I appreciate very very much that you (and all of you) have read my story and kindly commented on it.
I’d like to say a few more words. When I first started to write down my June 4th experience, it soon turned into many pages of recordings of daily events with necessary background explanations. In order not to exceed too much the length of a solo article, I decided to focus not on the big picture, but on my own personal and emotional journey through that time.
My own experience was in no way unique. I am not exaggerating at all by saying that it is an experience shared by millions, though it has rarely been told from an intimate personal perspective. The experiences of several of my friends are very similar to that of my own, and perhaps are even more dramatic.
My very best friend then was a graduate student at Tsinghua University. Because she was a pretty tall girl, she had volunteered to be one of the two tall girls to hold the banner and lead in her school’s rally. She was dating a guy who worked at a downtown hospital at the time and that’s where she had spent the bloody night of June 3-4. Incidentally she also impulsively married her boyfriend before going abroad and had since had some serious personal trials.
One close friend was a small witty guy from another CAS institute. He was very resourceful in making up new, witty, pointed, and even entertaining slogans. His talent shone during several CAS rallies, where he led the slogan chanting with a hand-hold speaker. he was a big crowd drawer.
Another close friend, whose father was the one who pulled the string inside the Public Security Bureau and helped me getting my passport, he himself had an even bigger trouble with the passport, because his activity during June 3-4 could not be account for. In the end, one of his friends, a girl, vouched for him for those days and nights. He later married that girl and they now have three children together.
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June 4 of 89' indeed has been a life changing experience for many many people.
(Edited by Hong Zhang on 6/08, 9:29am)
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