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#Tankman2018: Hero of Tiananmen Protest Remembered Across Globe

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

MrPlow writes:

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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:22AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:22AM (#688705)

    And we don't even know his name. Now that's Oppression. Communism, not even once.

  • (Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:35AM (6 children)

    by Fluffeh (954) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:35AM (#688707) Journal

    In a way, that brings Tankman closer to everyone else in am "I am Tankman" "No, I'm Tankman" "No, I'M Tankaman!" sort of way.

    Being anonymous has also protected him. I can't see the Chinese ruling party playing nice with that giant slap in the face and loss of honour considering they were killing people at that time. Throwing him in prison and taking the number off the cell isn't out of the bounds of reality.

    • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:57AM (1 child)

      by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:57AM (#688711) Homepage Journal

      I read about that a few days after the massacre.

      The article gave his name, but I don't remember what it was.

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      Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @04:03AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @04:03AM (#688713)

      Protected him? He's dead, the tanks did not stop.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @05:50AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @05:50AM (#688734)

        Not true. He was dragged off, not run over by the tank. I'm not sure what actually happened to him, but he wasn't run over.

      • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday June 05 2018, @07:25AM (1 child)

        by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday June 05 2018, @07:25AM (#688750) Homepage Journal

        That happened to Rachel Corrie, very foolish Israel hater. Although, it was a VERY SPECIAL bulldozer. A bulletproof bulldozer. Not a tank!!

        • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:21PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @03:21PM (#688887)

          Are you sure it wasn't your bullshitdozer?

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday June 05 2018, @10:19PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday June 05 2018, @10:19PM (#689052)

    Communism, not even once.

    Absolutely. And if anyone elects any sort of leftist government, we should overthrow it and murder [wikipedia.org] the leader.

    Communism is such a bad idea that we in the free west need to use violence to prevent it ever happening. Like we tried the first time [wikipedia.org]