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The podcast of La Trobe Asia which takes a critical look at the key issues facing Asia's states and societies.
When Hu Yaobang died in April 1989, throngs of mourners converged on the Martyrs’ Monument in Tiananmen Square to pay their respects. Following Hu’s 1987 ouster by party elders, Chinese propaganda officials had sought to tarnish his reputation and dim his memory, yet his death galvanized the nascent pro-democracy student movement, setting off the dramatic demonstrations that culminated in the Tiananmen massacre.
Guest: Robert L. Suettinger (Author of The Conscience of the Party: Hu Yaobang, Chinas Communist Reformer)
Interviewer: Professor James Leibold (Politics, La Trobe University)
Recorded 16th June, 2025.
Asia Rising
The podcast of La Trobe Asia which takes a critical look at the key issues facing Asia's states and societies.
