17.5. CCP soldiers were killed in Tiananmen by protesters, therefore the students are wrong (中共士兵在天安门被抗议者杀害,学生错了)

It is basically impossible to put things better than Tiananmen PLA plea. The soldiers should support the pople. Not the ruling dictators.

Individual deaths are all a disaster, on both sides. As perfectly put in the Tank Man Song by Xu Lin (坦克人歌曲,作曲家:徐琳, 2016):

谁挡了谁的路
Who is standing on whose way?

谁是谁的敌人
Who is whose enemy?

谁是正义一方
Who is on the side of the righteous?

谁是历史罪人
And who are the enemies of History?