BEIJING - I confess, 20 years ago I was in Tiananmen Square. I knew many students; I talked to them then and still talk to them. Then, they wanted democracy and revolution. Now, they feel it is hard and complicated to explain what took place on June 4, better to talk about something else, better to avoid the issue, because they think differently.
Their attitudes have certainly changed because they have grown older, China has changed and the Communist Party is more effective. Maybe so, but these explanations do not fully explain the deep undercurrent that is rushing through Chinese society.
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