The Tiananmen incident of 4 June 1989 was a major international event, a significant chapter in Chinese history, and the most important event of my journalistic career. At about six o’clock that morning, I laid bleeding profusely in Tiananmen Square after being shot. Fortunately, some good Samaritans put me on a handcart and rushed me to get medical attention. I was brought to a nearby clinic, but it was closed, so they pushed me to Tongren Hospital on a flatbed cart, and I survived through emer