In 1989 a massive student-led uprising against the Communist regime in China was brutally crushed in Tiananmen Square, the heart of the capital Beijing. Fleur Taylor was an 18-year-old student on an Australian government program who witnessed the historic events first hand. We discuss what she saw, and how to understand the politics of the events as a socialist today. 

Archive audio from ABC documentary Tiananmen Square 30 Years On

We also mention the documentary The Gate of Heavenly Peace

Hosted by Roz Ward. Produced by Liam Ward. 

Music by Dan Kenny. 

Red Flag is Australia's leading socialist publication. 

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