Yintoni ebizwa ngokuba "yisikhumbuzo sokukhanyiswa kwekhandlela" ukukhumbula iSikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-30 ye-Tiananmen Square Massacre iya kubanjelwa phambi kwe-Los Angeles Consulate yaseTshayina, i-443 Shatto Place, ngo-8: 00 PM ngoJuni 4, 2019.
Njengoko ingxelo yeBBC yathi, ukubulawa ngenkohlakalo “kwamawaka” abemi ababeqhankqalaza, abasebenzi nabafundi eBeijing ngoJuni 4, 1989, kothusa ihlabathi. "E-China, yaphawula inguqu kwithemba lenkululeko enkulu kunye nengcinezelo yolawulo."
Ixhaswe yiForam yaseTokyo kunye ne-Visual Artists Guild yaseLos Angeles, umcimbi uya kuba neefoto ze-8 × 9-foot of the massacre ethathwe nguCatherine Bauknight owayengomnye weentatheli ezine zefoto emhlabeni ukuze abhale isiganeko esoyikekayo. Emva koko kwisabelo se-ofisi yesiXeko saseNew York ye-Sipa Press esekwe eParis, u-Bauknight uya kuthetha okokuqala ngokuphandle malunga namava akhe xa uqhankqalazo lwaqala kwimizuzu engama-45 kuphela emva kokuba efikile ebaleni. Wahlala endaweni yakhe emhlabeni, “ … zade iimbumbulu zaqalisa ukuntyiloza ezinyaweni zam. Ndahlala ixesha elide njengoko ndahlalayo kuba uninzi lwabaqhankqalazi abancinci baqhubeka bendikhuthaza ukuba ndihlale ndifote lo msitho … 'yelizwe elikhululekileyo.'”
UBauknight uyabalisa:
“Phambi kokuba ndifike, abaqhankqalazi babafundi bebesanikezela ngeentyatyambo kumajoni kwaye okuza kwenzeka ngoku yimbali. Malunga nemizuzu eli-15 emva kwelizwi elivakalayo lejoni lilumkisile, 'Sishiye iSikwere okanye siza kudubula sibulale,' kwaqalisa izithonga zompu.
“Okumangalisayo kukuba, aba baqhankqalazi abaselula benza itonela labantu baza bandikhokelela apho kwakudutyulwa abafundi. Isandla emva kwesandla sindikhokelela kule tonela kwaye ndahamba kufuphi nomzobo we-Mao Zedong ekungeneni kwesiXeko se-Imperial. Eli yayilixesha apho ndandisazi ukuba ubomi bubeka esichengeni kodwa ndandiyithemba inkangeleko kunye neemvakalelo zobuso bobulumko.
“Sothukile kwaye singakholelwa, mna nenye intatheli sahlala ebaleni sifota kwaye siqhuba udliwano-ndlebe nabafundi malunga neeveki zabo zokuqala ezisixhenxe zoqhanqalazo olunoxolo. Ithemba labo yayikukuba iMelika ingabanceda ukubakhulula kubuKomanisi kwaye ibancede kwiphulo labo ledemokhrasi.
“Imifanekiso yasasazwa emva kokubeka ubomi bam esichengeni kwakhona ukuze ifilimu iphume kweli lizwe. Ngokuqinisekileyo eli gama laliphandle phakathi kweentatheli ukuba urhulumente waseTshayina wayengafuni foto okanye amabali axeliweyo ngalo msitho. Phofu bakhanyela nokuba yenzekile.
“Kum, umbuzo wokuba yintoni idemokhrasi kwaye ngubani na enayo 'kwiLizwe eliKhululwa' namhlanje nase-China usengumbuzo ovulelekileyo kunye nekamva ekufuneka sonke silithathele ingqalelo kwaye sibe yinxalenye esebenzayo yesisombululo.
“Ndiye ndathula iminyaka engama-30 kuba bendizazi iziphumo ezinokubakho kwaye ngoku ndiziva ndikhululekile ukubalisa lonke ibali le nto ndiyibonileyo kwaye ndiyibhalile. Ngoku sisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-30, abaninzi batyhila amabali abo malunga nento eyenzekayo ngobo busuku balusizi kwaye ekugqibeleni ndikhululekile ukuthetha ngayo. ”
U-Bauknight uvakalelwa kukuba abafundi abaninzi baseTshayina abanesibindi abaye babeka ubomi babo emngciphekweni kwaye baphulukana nobomi babo ngenxa yedemokhrasi ayibalulekanga nje kuphela eTshayina kodwa nakwiMelika yanamhlanje. Uthi, “Ngenxa yokwenzeka kwezopolitiko nakwezentlalo kwilizwe lethu, ndinethemba elikhulu lokuba abantu abaninzi baseMelika baya kuvuka kwinto yokuba sinokuphulukana ngokulula nenkululeko yethu kunye namalungelo abaninzi abawathatha lula. Asifanele silibale ngoMeyi 4, 1970, ukubulawa kwabantu kwiYunivesithi yaseKent State xa imikhosi yathunyelwa ukuba iye kuphelisa uqhankqalazo lwaseVietnam.”
