> The average mainland Chinese person who attended their public school system will simply not be aware of a great many historical events, such as: > Tiennamen

> The average mainland Chinese person who attended their public school system will simply not be aware of a great many historical events, such as: > Tiennamen Square (they'll know it exists as an innocent landmark in the capital, not the history of what happened there) False. I was born in China in the early 80s and I witnessed the 1989 riots during Tiananmen Square on TV (I was in kindergarten). Average mainland Chinese people knows more than you think they do. Albeit, a lot of them would have very different idea of the same historical events.