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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.
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)
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
BEIJING (AP) -- EDITOR'S NOTE - On June 4, 1989, AP reporter John Pomfret was in central Beijing when Chinese soldiers attacked pro-democracy protesters on Tiananmen Square. Demonstrators had ...
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 ...
Fang Zheng (born October 14, 1966) is a former student protester who was seriously injured during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. [1] During the evacuation of the Square in the early morning of June 4, Fang was run over by a People’s Liberation Army tank, which led to the amputation
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 ...