kept growing, growing. in april/may of 19s 89, the whole country erupted in these protests, and they were stunning. jan wong lived in china in the 1970s as a student and returned as a reporter for the toronto globe and mail in the late 80s. there was the beginning of opening dissent. i was quite surprised because i d never seen spontaneous political protests in china. in beijing, a million chinese were on the streets. people who lived all their lives taking orders from the government and the communist party. now openly defying authority. tiananmen square became the focal point of the protests. the square is right in front of the great hall of the people, where the seat of hichinese government is. it was mind-boggling. i was main the middle of that march. i m 6 2 . i weigh 200 pounds. i was literally swept off my feet by those demonstrators. photojournalist jeff widner covered it for the associated