Doctor Recounts Tiananmen Tragedy and the Medical Aid That Was Blocked by the CCP

Itโ€™s been over 35 years, but that hasnโ€™t stopped 85-year-old Huang Chen-ya from remembering how much Hong Kongers โ€œdeeply lovedโ€ China.

A former Hong Kong legislator and neurologist, Huang was a leading figure in the cityโ€™s medical community in 1989.

The first thing he did when news broke of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989 was contact major hospitals in Beijing.

โ€œAs a doctor, what I was most concerned about was whether I could do anything to help the people who had been killed or injured,โ€ he told a rally marking the 36th anniversary of the Massacre, held in Ashfield, Sydney, on June 1.

โ€œI called every major emergency relief centre, and the frontline doctors who answered were all extremely anxious, saying they had run out of everything โ€ฆโ€œ Huang said. โ€All the major emergency hospitals in Beijingโ€”every frontline doctor I spoke toโ€”gave me the same response.โ€

He was prepping emergency medical aid to be airlifted from Hong Kong to Beijing, but it needed to be agreed upon by hospital leadership.

โ€œWhen we reached the higher levels, each director immediately changed their tone and said that this matter wasnโ€™t as serious as it seemed, that Beijing could handle it on its own, and didnโ€™t need any outside help,โ€ he said.

โ€œThe Tiananmen Square Massacre is not just a tragedy for the Chinese, not just for ethnic Chinese, not just for Asiansโ€”itโ€™s a shared shame and trauma for all of humanity,โ€ he said.

The Massacre was a watershed moment for both Australia and China.

For China and its people, hopes of democracy were instantly extinguished, while for Australia, 42,000 Chinese people were granted permanent residencyโ€”including students, doctors, academics, and artistsโ€”another addition to the evolving fabric of Australian society.

Staying Awake All Night in Sorrow

Li Yuanhua, then a lecturer at Chinaโ€™s Capital Normal University in Beijing, said he had gone home, admitting he was afraid of walking out.

โ€œI was very sad after I got home,โ€ he said.

Li waited at home while gunshots rang through the night like firecrackers on New Yearโ€™s Eve.

He didnโ€™t sleep that night, figuring that the students at Tiananmen Square had met with misfortune.

โ€œI took a small stool and sat at the doorstep, shedding tears silently.โ€

Byย Cindy Li

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