Indeed. Thanks for the reminder of what we hoped at the time would be a seminal moment for the Chinese people.

Coincidentally, I'm about two-thirds of the way through a very interesting (and disturbing) book: "The Private Life of Chairman Mao." Highly recommend. The author was Mao Zedong's personal physician from 1954 until Mao's death in 1976.

More than the title suggests, the book offers much insight into the policies of that era and the Chinese leadership other than Mao, such as Deng Xiaoping, who was instrumental in the brutal suppression of the unarmed demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.

http://www.amazon.com/Private-Life-Chair...2851&sr=1-1

Mao alarmed the Soviets in the 1950s when he told Soviet leaders that China could easily withstand the loss of tens of millions of its people in the event of a nuclear war. Thus, MAD was not a deterrent to him.

I cannot imagine standing like that, by myself, to block those tanks. I wonder whatever happened to that man?