Made in response to the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), this work by conceptual artist Mel Chin reimagines the red-and-gold design of the flag of the People’s Republic of China to evoke the student protestors of the pro-democracy movement who opposed the ruling Communist Party. Here, Chin replaced the flag’s stars with silhouetted plant forms derived from 16th century woodcuts in the Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica). Although these plants contain toxic properties, their place in the compendium attests to their capacity also for healing. “Poisonous weeds,” the term used for banned cultural works during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), is thus reclaimed in this print. Chin’s work commemorates those who condemned government corruption and called for democracy through collective resistance.