Bloody Fields

1989, it was the Year of Revolutions. Change has swayed the might of communism and threatened it so. In many places did Communism fell or showed signs of such; only one remained stubborn and where Communism triumphed – the People's Republic of China!

China stared down at the open plaza that was Tiananmen from the old Palace structures of the Emperors. Down there, there were students of his nation and they were rioting.

"自由!" some cried.

"有权批评政府!" some shouted.

"多党选举!" some yelled.

"We have already opened trade with the foreign countries!" China exclaimed, "Yet these children still want more from me!"

Suddenly, Mr Shinatty came in and approached China.

"Yao…" Shinatty called out.

"Yes Shinatty?" China replied back, rather solemnly.

"I guess you had seen it, the student protests," Shinatty said.

"What had we done wrong to our people?" China asked, "I had done so much to enrich the country, so the people are still not satisfied with that."

"Since when people are satisfied with anything," Shinatty said, "people are greedy, their want for things is endless."

"So they will want more from me when I am already compromising with them," China lamented, "I should've seen it coming! I was like that to Japan and then he…"

"China, that was nobody's fault," Shinatty replied back.

China was looking at those rioting students, raising their voices out as they continued their demands.

"Those cries, they remind me of how Taiwan used to complain of my neglect," China lamented, "now she stands across the Straits against me."

"China, chill out," Shinatty claimed.

"But those protestors… no, they are my people, my children…" China reasserted, "All of them left me alone… Japan, Vietnam sisters, Korea brothers, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan… I can't bear to part anymore!"

Though Shinatty was only behind China, he saw the tears rolling down at the floor. China was crying as he reminisced of the past.

"No, I had lost enough already," China stated, "I will not tolerate naughty children, they must be disciplined."

"Disciplined?" wondered Shinatty, "what do you mean?"

"I can't let anyone to be taken away from me, or anyone to rebel against me…" China spoke eerily.

"China…" Shinatty replied.

China was silent, and set his arms apart. Then, Shinatty could see the submachine gun that was already in China's hands and he gulped.

"You couldn't be serious…" he exclaimed, "I mean, attacking your own people…"

China turned back to face Shinatty for the first time during the whole conversation, and he smiled grimly.

"Everything's going to be okay," he said, "rest assure, Shinatty."

China quickly jumped down to the plaza and confronted the student protestors. The immortal nation raised his gun and fired the bullets on the students.

Shinatty was shocked to see the bloodbath before his eyes, and even took off the Hello Kitty head to reveal the old Chinese man underneath it.

"China…" he thought, "oh my God…"

Translations

自由 – Freedom

有权批评政府 – Right to criticise the government

多党选举 – Multi-party elections

I dedicate this chapter to the departed ones from Tiananmen Incident. May this tragedy never occur.