We visited Tiananmen a few years ago. Our tour guide was using a little handheld PA system so that we could hear her as we walked through the Square. At one point she gathered us all together in a tight little bunch, turned off her mic, and said, “The government killed one of my students right there.” Then she turned her mic back on and continued the tour as if that hadn’t just happened.
I was also told that the protest was against the Chinese government’s pivot toward a free(er) economy, and was in favor of the rights and privileges that were promised but never manifested by Chinese Communism. That didn’t really match the narrative I was familiar with. Food for thought.
