He took over, and he said: 'If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.'


Recalling how former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping dealt with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Straits Times, Aug 17, 2004


He took over, and he said: 'If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.'

He took over, and he said: 'If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.'

He took over, and he said: 'If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.'

He took over, and he said: 'If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.'