与此同时，中国共产党领导层选择了另一条道路，通过1989年的天安门大屠杀事件，他们把国家送上了一条与俄罗斯截然不同的道路。
By opting for the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, the Chinese Communist leadership set their country on a road starkly different from the one on which Russia subsequently embarked.