Hi Sandy,

Thanks for the comment. I've been a sometime Mudcatter for a couple of years and am very happy for the speech freedom here.

However I didn't know that there are so many songs about that incident at the Square of Heavenly Peace (the real meaning of Tiananmen Square), and am rather glad for finding that.

Actually the only one I knew was John Denver's 1990 song "Raven's Child", which I assume also has two lines about that event (Still there are hearts that long to be open, and eyes that are longing to see). That song is about the wreck of Exxon Valdez, the fall of the Berlin Wall, drug abuse and some other events about freedom, conscience and mercy. Once a favorite of mine.

Yet I want to say something about that June 4th event. Though I'm not very much of a supporter of the Communist Party (due to their lack of democracy), I have to say that most people are biased reviewing this event, including Joan Baez.

Though the demonstration is of great purpose, only to have caused a failure and a mess. Chai Ling is not calm enough and she was taken advantage of by some evil people from the society - a real pity, but she could have predicted that result, for a lot of people in China didn't have enough quality to support such a demonstration back then. That caused a real terrible result, though the government were surely to blame, the students are a bit responsible as well.

Alas! At any time we'd better speak of evolution rather than revolution, for I'm quite sure none of us want to see blood from the innocent people.

The preceding is only my own opinion, but I hope it helps people look at this event more objectively and calmly.

Thanks for reading, and sorry for my bad English.

Jason in the City of Xi'an, China