<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square<br><br>In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/world/asia/china-general-tiananmen-square.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.Z6O1.qwYoDu1oq2Og&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/world/asia/china-general-tiananmen-square.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.Z6O1.qwYoDu1oq2Og&smid=em-share</a></div>