1989 Tiananmen Square protests
I have developed an addiction to the China Story that I usually reserve for news from and about Israel. Of course comparisons arise. The non-violence of the Chinese students and the rock-throwing Arabs; the brutality of the Chinese soldiers and the restraint of the IDF.
A major thought of mine: the American Revolution has now been exported; it took 200 years to do it, while the Communist Revolution, looking for outlets from its very beginning about 70 years ago, seems to have petered out.