Zhou Fengsuo was a student leader during the 1989 pro-democracy movement in China. The historic protests in the country over the weekend moved him to tears, he told Axios. 'It's just so amazing.'
Zhou Fengsuo answers questions during an interview on May 7, 2019, in New York. Photo: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Imagesduring the 1989 pro-democracy movement, told Axios he was moved to tears by the historic protests in China over the weekend.The last time large-scale demonstrations rocked China was 33 years ago, during the nationwide mass protests that ended when the Chinese government sent tanks to Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds of young pro-democracy activists.
"This shows the advantage of a democracy. If we have bad leaders, there's a way to correct. ... Whereas in China, ... who is there to challenge him?"It's still early stages and thus impossible to know what the future of the current protests will be, but Zhou said people are already worrying about how the party will react.
"This is a regime that has no regard for human life," he said. "There's no rule to guess what they would do."
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