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Discussion among three leading figures -- Wang Dan, Wang Chaohua, & Li Minqi -- of the June 4th Movement in China of various issues ranging from the future & historical political significance of the June 4th Movement, whether the fatal outcome of 1989 was inevitable or not, the future & potential & of the current regime in China, the best methods for democratizing China, the possibility of an emergent middle class to promote democratization, the extent to which Chinese dissidents should cooperate with foreign governments or focus solely on Chinese topics, preferences for democratic governmental styles & economic systems for China, recommendations for bankrupt industries & unemployment policies in China, attitudes toward privatization, questions on equality & social structure, the growth of mass commercialization, the relative strength of popular nationalism, the appropriateness of categories of political or ideological position for understanding China, Taiwanese independence, the Chinese War with Viet Nam in 1976, preferences for China's United Nations' votes in relation to the United States, Chinese attitudes regarding the influence of American culture, & views of the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by the United States. R. Rodriguez