1. What were students in China protesting against in 1989 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square?

2. How did the Chinese (Communist) government react to the student protests?

3. What did the Chinese government do to the student leaders after the protests?

4. How does the Chinese government prevent its citizens from learning the truth about the Tiananmen Square protests/protesters? (para. 5-6, 20-22)

5. How has Google aided the Communist Chinese government in blocking access to information for Chinese citizens? (see para. 23)

6. Student leaders Zhou Fengsuo and Bob Fu lost hope after the government crushed the protesters. How did they regain their hope in life?

7. Over the past 20 years, there has been rapid growth in the number of Chinese becoming Christians. How are Christians treated by the government in China today?

8. Watch the video of the Chinese man confronting the military tanks during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. How would you describe this man's actions? Explain your answer. (para. 34)

9. Re-read para. 36-38. To understand why democracy works in America, Hong says he studied the founding documents. He was struck by the phrase: "all men are created equal...they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights."
What do you think of Hong's assertion: "But if you cut out the Creator, you cut out the root of democracy"?

10. Zhou says the Chinese government can't slow the growth of Christianity and believes as the church grows it will play "a crucial part in establishing freedom."
Do you agree with Zhou's assertion? Explain your answer.

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