This is all because George H.W. Bush decided to cast America’s lot with globalist investors and not with the individual Chinese who were fighting for freedom in Tiananmen Square.
Yes, that was a sad turning point in modern Chinese history.
You don’t hear much about the Tiananmen Square massacre anymore. China would have evolved towards greater freedom and even throwing off of communist control, if not for that crackdown.
I’ll always remember how the people were moved by the statue they named “The Goddess of Democracy”, which became a rallying point and inspiration during Tiananmen Square protests.
While we don’t hear about Tiananmen Square anymore, movements for freedom may rise again in China. We’ll see. My hope is that as China has moved towards more free market reforms, and engagement with the outside world, that China will change eventually.