Xu Qinxian, the former commander of the 38th Chinese Communist Army who refused to crack down on student demonstrations during the June 4 Movement in 1989, died on January 8 at the age of 85. Today is the 21st day after the death of Xu Qinxian. Xinhua News Agency reporter Tang Shi posted a photo of the two men together on Weibo, but it was deleted in less than 2 hours. Mr. Xu Qin was suppressed by the authorities for refusing to carry out the Chinese Communist Party‘s order to crack down on students, and he remains taboo to the authorities after his death.
According to Apple Daily, Tang Shizeng uploaded a photo of himself with Mr. Xu Qin on Weibo today. The photo is believed to have been taken when Tang visited Xu Qinxian in the hospital. In the photo, Xu Qinxian’s face is obscured, and he appears to be wearing a patient’s uniform, while his hands are holding a white porcelain bowl, while Tang Shizeng, who posted the photo, wrote on Weibo, “A friend from Hebei, this morning ‘Sanchi’!”
In the photo, Xu Qinxian is holding a white porcelain bowl with the words “Longevity” written on it, with the signature of the late famous linguist Zhou Youguang and the date of his birthday. According to mainland media reports, the porcelain bowl is actually a longevity bowl, Zhou Youguang every year on his birthday will burn porcelain bowl, and write the word “longevity” on the bowl, also will sign and write the date and age of his birthday. Xu Qinxian held the porcelain bowl, written on January 11, 2016, while Zhou Youguang died on January 17, 2017.
The report said that Tang Shizeng uploaded a photo on Weibo for less than two hours and was rumored to have been urgently deleted by Weibo, making Tang Shizeng furious. The photo can still be seen on Tang’s Twitter account, although the post is no longer available on Tang’s Weibo account.
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On May 17, 1989, Xu Qinxian, then commander of the 38th Army Group, was dismissed from his post and sentenced to five years in prison for resisting orders to lead his troops into Beijing under martial law, and settled in Shijiazhuang after his release. Since then, his health has deteriorated and he has suffered from many diseases. The authorities warned him that if he “violated discipline” again (by giving interviews to the foreign media), his treatment would be revoked.
On the morning of January 8, 2021, Xu died after choking while eating.
Despite his death, Xu Qinxian remains a taboo that the CCP cannot mention. Gao Yu, an independent Chinese journalist, said that the CCP does not allow Family members to reveal Xu’s death to outsiders, and with Shijiazhuang now closed to the public, it is estimated that cremation is not even possible to choose a cemetery, and outsiders cannot enter Shijiazhuang at all.
A large number of netizens tweeted their condolences to him. Bao Tong, the political secretary of former Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, who was imprisoned in the same building as Xu Qinxian in Qincheng prison, tweeted a poem to mourn his late friend: “Nine lands are filled with rivers, ten thousand mountains are curling down. The mainstay of the midstream, the gentleman is strong,” and said, “The above 20 words were written for General Xu a few years ago, but there was no way to deliver them, so I had to go online. Sigh!”
June 4 student leader Wang Dan wrote on Facebook, “General Xu gave up his official position and freedom for the sake of his conscience, something we students will never forget. Rest in peace Mr. Xu!”
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