They weren't even liberal protestors. The vast, vast majority of students were there because they didn't like the Deng government's liberalization of the markets and wanted a return to communist economic policy. The CIA sponsored liberal democracy group was very small. And no one died in the square, all the students left more or less peacefully. The fighting was several blocks away between would be insurgents and PLA troops.
All the organizers live wealthy lives in Taiwan and the USA too. I think there is one that was stupid enough to move back to the maonland, was largely ignored, then was arrested for laundering money or something
They weren't even liberal protestors. The vast, vast majority of students were there because they didn't like the Deng government's liberalization of the markets and wanted a return to communist economic policy. The CIA sponsored liberal democracy group was very small. And no one died in the square, all the students left more or less peacefully. The fighting was several blocks away between would be insurgents and PLA troops.
All the organizers live wealthy lives in Taiwan and the USA too. I think there is one that was stupid enough to move back to the maonland, was largely ignored, then was arrested for laundering money or something