In a post-mortem on the record of the journalists since Tienanmen, veteran reporter John Gittings pointed out that "... there was a lot we did not understand.
英國資深記者 John Gitting 回顧去年種種，坦白表示當時的狀況，是沒有人經驗過的，許多事情的真相也無法弄清，「當人們恭賀我們平安歸來，我和其他同業感到不勝尷尬」，他在倫敦觀察者日報寫道。