17.7.4. Chai Ling (柴玲)

She was cute and energetic! :-)

人民日报,胡说八道!
欺骗人民,良心何在!
不是不报,时候不到!

People’s Daily,
Full of nonsense
Lying to the people,
Where’s your conscience?
You may think you’re safe,
But your time will come.

Chai has some "dirt" on her as mentioned at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_Ling#Controversies

  • she sued and lost a case where she sued The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995, 天安门纪录片) for defamation over a video where she willingly states bloodshed was necessary in Tiananmen to open people’s eyes, but that she couldn’t bring herself to tell her fellow students that. She requested the interview herself. This is the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__ESiklA1A. This position is notably opposed by people such as Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波, 1955-2017), who begged

  • her US company Jenzabar was sued for religious discrimination by ex-employee Jing Zhang in 2012 who claimed she was fired because she refused to pray, this after Chai had converted to Christinanity in 2009. TODO result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAmL1D8R-4 (GitHub reupload) Chai Ling People’s Daily speech in Tiananmen Square protests (柴玲—六四学运—国民日报,胡说八道!). Ripped from The BBC miniseries Can’t Get You Out of My Head directed by Alam Curtis (2021) It is also, and perhaps more importantly also shown at The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995, 天安门纪录片) at around 1:11:40. TODO find exact date. Ordering of the documentary suggests some time after May 10th.
Chai Ling People s Daily speech
Figure 206. Still from the above video with captions. We see that she was either at the headquarters of the People’s Daily (人民日报, CCP media), or in some other office of the organization. TODO confirm exact location.