Translated by Probe International
Iconic Chinese investigative journalist Dai Qing’s new book Deng Xiaoping in 1989 was published in June by Bouden House in New York. After years of absence from the media, 83-year-old Dai Qing granted an exclusive interview to Voice of America, in which she hopes to offer fresh details about Deng Xiaoping’s decisions during the Tiananmen Square Incident, particularly through the lens of Zhao Ziyang’s political career. She examines the power struggle between Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun, aiming to reinterpret the nature of the Tiananmen Square Incident and explore why China, in 1989, reversed its course away from a hopeful path toward modernization.
Read the English translation of this interview here
Part One of an exclusive interview with Dai Qing by Voice of America. For part two, see here.