Too bad, that was the modern Chinese history we have to face to. It doesn't matter that it sounds good or not. However I don't like the way author discribes the then government leaders. I believe that they were trying to do something good to make China better, but a lot of times they made her sufffering more.
Violence revolution should never be used to reform China, however they were adopted so many times during the past a hundred years in China. I hope Chinese have eventually learned to select a peaceful method to make China a better country to live on after June 4th's event in 1989.