Although martial law had been declared and troops were in the streets at the beginning of June 1989, Beijing residents still hoped to protect the students at Tiananmen Square from having their democracy movement stamped out. But in one instant, the hopes of the people of Beijing were shattered and the life of one brave man was ended.

Twenty-three years have passed since the Chinese regime cracked down on student protesters in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Wang Jue, a scholar who witnessed the first killing of the resulting bloody massacre, still remembered everything vividly.