The film includes a controversial interview with Ms Chai a week before the protests were crushed in which she says that only through bloodshed can the students fulfil their aims. Speaking between tears, she tells her interviewer: “The students kept asking, ‘What should we do next? What can we accomplish?’ I feel so sad, because how can I tell them that what we are actually hoping for is bloodshed, for the moment when the Government has no choice but to brazenly butcher us?
“Only when the square is awash with blood will the people of China open their eyes. Only then will they really be united. But how can I explain this to my fellow students?”
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