He personally opened up the red door that Communist China was locked behind; he also unleashed tanks and machine guns to say 'no' to democracy, leaving an indelible, nightmarish image at Tiananmen. There's no need to try to make any definite judgments now.
他曾經親自打開中國大陸塵封重鎖的紅門，讓中國人重新會笑；也曾經以坦克、機槍對民主說不，讓天安門再度成為中國人永遠的夢魘。