He still remembers when the Chinese Army visited his home right before they fled, searching for information on an escaped dissident. He was seven years old at the time.
"They pointed a gun at my mother, who yelled 'My God, I don't know.' They kicked her to the ground and said 'Where's God? Show me God,'" Palder recounted.
A Harvard student who asked not to be named stressed the importance of education.
"Once people have knowledge, you can gain freedom. You don't know what freedom is when you don't have an education," she said.
In fact, she said, education is more important than a free democracy.
"I don't mind who controls the government; the most important thing is education."
Most demonstrators were from the Boston area, although they came from all over New England to attend Zhu's visit.
Over 50 students bussed down from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to welcome the Chinese p premier.
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