Tiananmen: Why a witness to the massacre believes in the courage of the Chinese

Thirty-five years ago, I was a Student in Beijing. I participated in many demonstrations, but I wasn’t one of the leaders, not even a small one. As a matter of fact, my understanding of politics back then was even less than basic. And I was not on the street the night of June 3rd, not because of fear, but because of tiredness and insensitivity to the actually quite clear signals from the government that a bloody crackdown was looming.