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China deported a well-known Chinese-born Australian artist on Monday after he was detained following his comments on the 25th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Guo Jian, 52, a former Chinese soldier, was detained last month after an interview with the Financial Times regarding his experiences as a protester during the army's violent dispersal of the demonstrators on June 4, 1989. Melanie Wang, a friend of Guo's, told reporters at Beijing airport that he had been put on an Air China flight to Sydney. China's foreign ministry has said that Guo had been detained on visa fraud charges.
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