19 hours ago · The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing.

This rare video reveals the full 1990 court-martial of Major General Xu Qinxian, the only high-ranking PLA commander who openly refused to lead his troops to enforce the crackdown …

Xu Qinxian (Chinese: 徐勤先; August 1935 – 8 January 2021) was a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army. As commander of the 38th Group Army, he refused the order to use …

A video of the 1990 military trial of the late Xu Qinxian, former People’s Liberation Army 38th Army commander who refused orders to suppress the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy …

In a rare leak, a video showing the court martial of the Chinese general who refused an order to send his troops into Tiananmen Square to put down the 1989 student protests has been posted …

Dec 1, 2025 · A newly surfaced six-hour video has revealed the secret 1990 military trial of Major General Xu Qinxian, the commander who refused to deploy his troops against pro-democracy …

Nov 30, 2025 · A previously unseen video recording of a Chinese general’s secret military trial for refusing to carry out orders during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has surfaced online …