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In English, the terms "Tiananmen Square Massacre", "Tiananmen Square Protests", and "Tiananmen Square Crackdown" are often used to describe the series of events. However, much of the violence in Beijing did not actually happen in Tiananmen, but outside the square along a stretch of Chang'an Avenue only a few miles long, and especially near the ...
Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer, although he did not win.
Pages in category "1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
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 of both his legs.
In 1989, Chinese students and workers rose up against political repression and occupied Tiananmen Square in downtown Beijing. After a few weeks of hopefulness, Premier Deng Xaoping resorted to ...
China still gets annoyed with images showing the famous Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man,’ 30 years after he became a symbol of the government’s brutality Archived June 2, 2019, at the Wayback Machine; Raw video of the Tank Man incident (CNN on YouTube) The Stuart Franklin photo at Life magazine 100 photos that changed the world.
Bing showed no images when users searched "tank man" amid the Chinese government's crackdown on vigils honoring those killed during the 1989 protests.