I met 4 different people who were directly involved in the Tian An Me Square. One was a police man who was on the Tian An Men (where chairman Mao stood in 1949) and watched the whole clear-out procedu ...
rockypath 發表於 2009-5-29 02:27 
I personally know a few grad students from PRC as well, and I am hardly surprised by the phenomenon and their way of thinking you described.
From talking to them, it is quite clear to me that the majority of them have a mindset that has been groomed by the Mainland government and the overall atmosphere in the Mainland to put stability ahead of humanities. One of idiots (a Masters student) even went as fast as to thinking that Murderer Mao and Cultural Revolution was a necessarily evil to purge society from capitalistic corruptions and re-build society from the ground up. At the time, I was still young, so I was simply bewildered by this remarks and left speechless. Had I heard him stay this today, it would be quite a difficult task for me to restrain myself from punching him in his face. At the very least, I would grill him inside out even though he was a labs mate of mine.
I should emphasize that while the majority of them were brainwashed by CCP, some have discovered the true meaning of liberty and freedom as well. But by comparison, those make up for a smaller number among the Mainland grad students.
-Lik |