he was no champion of liberalization, but given what had happened to him, and unfai unfairness of that students try to mourn his death when he died. and at beijing university people put up signs, things like the wrong man died. that gradually grew into a call to honor him and calls for an end to corruption for greater economic justice, and the government complicated it by calling for a pregz, and the students protested against a very harsh people's daily editorial. and this all snowballed in a way nobody could have imagined when it began. >> rose: where were you? >> i was there every day at beijing university, in the protests and that night i was there when the troops opened fire. >> rose: did you at some point believe it was going to end badly? >> after martial law, we became nervous that was one possible outcome. and i would say the student were overwhelm although they couldn't imagine this would end with bloodshed. there were some older folks who warned this was precisely what would happen if the party got pushed into a corner. and i guess i-- you know, it was hard to imagine, espec