# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xu-qinxian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:21:05.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xu-qinxian"
name: "Xu Qinxian"
slug: "xu-qinxian"
description: "Xu Qinxian was a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army. As commander of the 38th Group Army, he refused the order to use force against demonstrators in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. As a result, Xu was court-martialed, jailed for five years and expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. After serving his sentence, he was exiled to Shijiazhuang, Hebei, where he spent the remainder of his life. A video recording of the entire military trial leaked in 2025."
tagline: "Chinese army officer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Xu_Qinxian.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1935-08-13"
deathDate: "2021-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.53
  momentum:             25
  historical:           9.434433333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "اكسو كينكسيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xu Qinxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Qinxian"
    title: "Xu Qinxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xu Qinxian"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Qinxian"
    title: "Xu Qinxian"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Сюй Циньсянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Qinxian"
    title: "Xu Qinxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump