Sep 30, 2026 · 1 hr 54 min · 15 segments
Rose Tang is a multidisciplinary artist, journalist, musician, and activist who went from being one of the leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement to…
But, um, and then you, you know, it, it, it does sound like you ultimately got disillusioned working for the news media.
in Sydney, uh, domestic violence, sexism, racism against the Aboriginal, Aboriginal population.
Uh, and you know, you were kind of doing this muckraking re- reporting it sounds like.
And then, um, I, I also read that, uh, y- later on you were investigating the heroin trade and human trafficking- Uh, the, uh, China-
And so you, you grew disillusioned, you felt like journalism wasn't really creating meaningful change.
So how did you personally, personally work to push back against this disillusionment, and then w- what was your way forward, uh, to kind of fill-- to remedy that disillusionment and still feel like you were doing something effective in terms of getting the truth out?
So, uh, briefly, uh, in Australia, when, when I was, uh, doing this, uh, radio reports, uh, on p- police brutality against, uh, on, on the, uh, Aboriginal, uh, people, especially the teenagers, uh, it, it was just bleeding obvious, and it, it was zero coverage of it.
Uh, and, uh, the, the outback in Australia is supposed to be very rough, very racist, but I found the locals were really sweet.
Uh, the miners, whenever I, you know, I drank in pubs, they, they, they would even buy m- you know, strangers would buy me drinks, and they were not, not being sleazy and very, very nice people and I, I guess, you know, I, I, I call them the, the very raw people, very natural, uh, very authentic people.
But the police brutality, I, I hung out, uh, with, uh, some young lawyers, the locals.
But, um, and then you, you know, it, it, it does sound like you ultimately got disillusioned working for the news media.
in Sydney, uh, domestic violence, sexism, racism against the Aboriginal, Aboriginal population.
Uh, and you know, you were kind of doing this muckraking re- reporting it sounds like.
And then, um, I, I also read that, uh, y- later on you were investigating the heroin trade and human trafficking- Uh, the, uh, China-
And so you, you grew disillusioned, you felt like journalism wasn't really creating meaningful change.
So how did you personally, personally work to push back against this disillusionment, and then w- what was your way forward, uh, to kind of fill-- to remedy that disillusionment and still feel like you were doing something effective in terms of getting the truth out?
So, uh, briefly, uh, in Australia, when, when I was, uh, doing this, uh, radio reports, uh, on p- police brutality against, uh, on, on the, uh, Aboriginal, uh, people, especially the teenagers, uh, it, it was just bleeding obvious, and it, it was zero coverage of it.
Uh, and, uh, the, the outback in Australia is supposed to be very rough, very racist, but I found the locals were really sweet.
Uh, the miners, whenever I, you know, I drank in pubs, they, they, they would even buy m- you know, strangers would buy me drinks, and they were not, not being sleazy and very, very nice people and I, I guess, you know, I, I, I call them the, the very raw people, very natural, uh, very authentic people.
But the police brutality, I, I hung out, uh, with, uh, some young lawyers, the locals.
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