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posted by takyon on Tuesday June 05 2018, @01:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the who? dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

On the 29th anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing, protesters are reenacting the historic face-off between a lone man and a Chinese tank. [...] Better known as “Tank Man”, he is one of the most enduring images of China’s violent military crackdown on democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, known in China as liusi, or June 4th.

On the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, protesters are reenacting the face-off under hashtags including #Tankman2018, #Tankmen2018, a campaign started by Chinese artist and cartoonist, Badiucao. According to Badiucao, Tank Man represents “something lost in China’s young generation now — the idealism, passion, sense of responsibility, and confidence that an individual can make a change”, he said. “Tank Man is very relevant today and people should see it. Society has not changed much since the massacre for the oppression has never stopped”.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/04/tankman2018-hero-of-tiananmen-protest-remembered-across-globe


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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @02:15AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @02:15AM (#688688)

    And, unfortunately, we could not have had an aristarchus submission, since there are none. They've thrown Aristarchus under the tank! The Bastards!

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday June 05 2018, @02:21PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 05 2018, @02:21PM (#688865) Journal

    To throw Ari under the tank, we'll have to figure out where he hides. I kinda think he haunts the campus at Berkeley, but other times, I swear he's gotta be in New York City. But, if we ever find him, he'll have treadmarks up and down his backside, as well as his front side, and right across his pointy little head.