In spring on 1989, China was in an uneasy state. Student protests were called on throughout the country, but none were worse than the outcome at Tian An Men Square. Students were not ready for the extreme and brutal response the government would have. None thought the military would ever open fire on their own people. The events were surreal in the spring of 1989.
It started out just a simple protest. Students gathered to get a point across. Bearing no weapons, they were not looking for a fight- just for someone to hear them out. What they got was disaster. Passive resistance was met with physical force. The PLA whom they had thought to be on their side so long fired at their own people.
