Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrationsRare footage of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) general who defied orders to lead his troops into Tiananmen Square and crush the 1989 student protesters has been leaked online, offering...
<p>Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations</p><p>Rare footage of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) general who defied orders to lead his troops into Tiananmen Square and crush the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/09/tiananmen-square-china-steps-up-curbs-on-activists-for-30th-anniversary">1989 student protesters</a> has been leaked online, offering a highly unusual glimpse into the upper echelons of the military at one of the most fraught moments in modern Chinese history.</p><p>General Xu Qinxian’s refusal to take his troops from the PLA’s prestigious 38th Group Army, a unit based on the outskirts of Beijing, into the capital has been the stuff of Tiananmen lore for decades.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/rare-footage-from-trial-of-chinese-general-who-defied-tiananmen-crackdown-order-leaked-online">Continue reading...</a>
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