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The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989.
A mural of the legendary "Tank Man" in Cologne, Germany. Although the fate of Tank Man following the demonstration is not known, paramount Chinese leader Jiang Zemin stated in 1990 that he did not think the man was killed. [207] Time later named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Outside the Hall, in Tiananmen Square, nearly 100,000 students had gathered on the night of April 21 to mourn Hu. [15] The 38th Army was called into Beijing a second time, after the publication of the April 26 Editorial, to join Beijing Garrison troops in guarding Tiananmen Square against protesting students. [14]
Jeff Widener's iconic "Tank Man" photo on June 5, 1989, showing an unidentified man standing in front of a column of tanks after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, China. - Jeff Widener/AP
Time slots for visits to the square were also not available for June 4 on its official WeChat mini-app. Chang'an Avenue, a wide boulevard fringing the square where the "Tank Man" once stood, was ...
The iconic “tank man” photo that came to symbolize the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has been recreated with inflatables in Taipei ahead of the 30th anniversary of the pro-democracy protests ...
The Tank Man, 2006 PBS documentary; BBC's Witnessing Tiananmen: Clearing the Square with eyewitness accounts of Tiananmen; Tiananmen Square, 1989 The Declassified History; Tiananmen Dossiers and Video Clips (in French) Official site of Hong Kong "Concert For Democracy In China" (in Traditional Chinese)
June 4, 2021 was the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in Hong Kong. Naturally, more people than usual would look up pictures from the 1989 protests on that day. And, of course ...