Tank Man
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| Gender | Male |
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| Other names | Unknown Protester; Unknown Rebel; Wang Weilin (alleged) |
| Known for | Tiananmen Square Protests |
| Movies/Shows | Tank Man |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| ID | 535412 |
Tank Man Life story
The Tank Man is the nickname of an unidentified Chinese man who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese government's crackdown on the Tiananmen protests.
Asian Games: China censors 'Tiananmen' image of athletes hugging
... Last year, a popular Chinese influencer s livestream, which took place on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the massacre, ended abruptly after he showed his audience a vanilla log cake which resembled a tank - a reference to a iconic image of one so-called Tank Man, which shows a civilian with shopping bags standing in front of a queue of tanks, attempting to block them...
Tiananmen Square: Hong Kong police detain activists on anniversary of massacre
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China congress: How one man on a bridge marred Xi Jinping's big moment
... From Tank Man to Bridge ManSome have dubbed the mysterious protester Bridge Man, a reference to the anonymous Tank Man demonstrator from the 1989 Tiananmen protests...
Li Jiaqi: China Lipstick King sparks Tiananmen questions
... The most famous image is perhaps the one of so-called Tank Man, which shows a civilian with shopping bags standing in front of a queue of tanks, attempting to block them...
Tiananmen: Arrests reported in Hong Kong on anniversary of massacre
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Hong Kong: One of city's last Tiananmen Square memorials covered up
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Tiananmen Square: What happened in the protests of 1989?
... Who was Tank Man? On 5 June, a man faced down a line of tanks heading away from the square...
Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
... Media caption, Tiananmen s Tank Man: The image that China forgot...
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