Awaiting a democratic Hong Kong
I just found that the documentary "Gate of Heavenly Peace," has a website that includes the whole trascipt. It’s a great documentary except they very unneccessarily pick on Chai Ling, the biggest proponant being her ex-husband, which isn’t very fair. But it’s a very useful resource if you’re interested in the topic or need to do some research. Like I am right now.
The Gate of Heavenly Peace reflects the drama, tension, humor, absurdity,
heroism, and many tragedies of the six weeks from April to June in 1989.
The film reveals how the hard-liners within the government marginalized
moderates among the protesters (including students, workers and intellectuals),
while the actions of radical protesters undermined moderates in the government.
Moderate voices were gradually cowed and then silenced by extremism and
emotionalism on both sides.It is a sobering tale, for faced with the binary opposition between Communists
and anti-Communists, there has been little middle ground left for the rational
and thoughtful proponents of positive reform in China. By giving these ignored
voices their proper place in history, The Gate of Heavenly Peace reveals an ongoing debate in China concerning the importance of personal
responsibility and moral integrity, the need, as Vaclav Havel has put it,
to "live in the truth."
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/index.html
Chinese Version
Yan Sham-Shackleton Online 