hero of Tiananmen protest remembered across globe

On the 29th anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing, protesters are reenacting the historic face-off between a lone man and a Chinese tank.

Tankman

Source: Wikipedia

According to Guardian report, Chinese citizens around the world are remembering the tankman, armed with nothing more than two shopping bags, who stepped in front of a row of tanks moving down the streets of Beijing in 1989.
Tankman
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