Tank Man
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tank-man-176-16946750
title:
Tank Man
text:
The Tank Man is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989. On the previous day, the government of China cleared the square of protesting students after six weeks of standoff, in the process killing hundreds or even thousands of people mostly in other parts of Beijing. The lead tank halted to avoid running him over, the man then climbed on top of the tank. The
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Anonymous Tiananmen Square protester
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man
date created:
2004-06-05T10:04:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:24:15Z
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