The Tiananmen disturbance had far more to do with the population protesting at the ridiculously high price of cooking oil in China than it did with any notion of democracy. Another case where the "anti-China, anti-Other" West trots out feeble and flawed information for political point scoring. Much like during the "Arab Spring" which was not a cry for democracy within various Arab states but rather due to regime financial losses in the 2008 financial meltdown where the price for basic living food items became too expensive due to the needs of the very rich to keep increasing the prices to keep increasing their income no matter what the social or economic reality. The true story of China is best told by China. More Fuel! Jaiyo!