I’ve never seen this perspective, this is amazing and further highlights his bravery for me. Great share!!
BroKing
Can you fucking imagine how fed up with life you have to be to do this?
Isord
What always gets me with Tank Man is the grocery bags. Was he actually part of the protests that were being crushed or was he just a guy on his way home from the store that was just like “Nah, this just won’t do.”
Elli933
Do we know what happened to him? Did he live?
Collide-O-Scope
Is it me, or is there a real lack of Tiananmen Square posts today compared to the past week? Thanks for posting, OP!
spm987800
Wow I’ve never seen the Tank Man from this direction before.
Belcaster
Absolutely love the tiananmen square photos. Real bravery in action.
FinskiGerman
I don‘t see anything except happy Chinese business men providing precious labor for their nation. Can anyone explain what‘s so significant about this?
asianabsinthe
I don’t see the Tank Man in this picture…?
Edit: didn’t realize he was so far away. Reminds me of the Austin Powers steamroller scene…
powowboi
Unfortunately, younger Chinese generation knows nothing about this whole thing according to my college professor who used to teach in China.
Whats4dinner
What is that machine scraping off the road?
kibblznbitz
Be sure to check out /r/sino for some fun reads on how this never happened and America is just trying to paint China as evil.
sodaflare
Screw this, I just came over to buy some fireworks!
FreeThinkerE
Has it really been 30 years? In my mind, he’s still standing there, waiting for the world to make sense. Long live tankman and long may he stand.
I cannot wait for the day when this man will be regarded as the hero he is, in China.
cqinz
Is the guy on the left smiling? ?
wedontneedroads13
Guy in the foreground looks like he just heard gun shots and is ducking to avoid them
wouck
Nope this is just a normal afternoon, nothing is happening:)
maco299
Was he run over?
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PurppleThotMan
Wasn’t the tank man incident on June 5th? Or am I mistaken?
JM_flow
There was a great article in NYT from one of the founders of the protest this weekend.
Pure_Diamond
Tank man was actually on June 5, the day after the massacre. That’s why he wasn’t just run over and meatpied like the rest, it was a tank regiment that had disobeyed orders and hadn’t been there the day prior. By that point the Chinese government was already pretending the massacre hadn’t happened.
Shifty-3-
I want the team of writers and directors that just did Chernobyl to make a miniseries about Tiananmen Square. I believe they could tell this story well.
takashi9
Is his identity still a mystery? I swear I read something that revealed who he is and that he lost both legs. False memory, I guess?
FuckWadSupreme
DID THIS MAN NOT. GET RUN OVER BY THE TANK AND DIE?
Am I tripping balls? Did this not go down like that?? I swear I’ve seen pictures.
Yung_Onions
Such an iconic photo, but from a different angle. Shots like these are amazing.
imannix0024
It’s always so impressive to me this one guy’s courage. At least he’s not forgotten, at least in the rest of the world. I look forward to the day when he is celebrated as the hero he is in china. Also, at least he got a cool nickname
Gamgee_the_Mangee
I’ve never seen this perspective, this is amazing and further highlights his bravery for me. Great share!!
BroKing
Can you fucking imagine how fed up with life you have to be to do this?
Isord
What always gets me with Tank Man is the grocery bags. Was he actually part of the protests that were being crushed or was he just a guy on his way home from the store that was just like “Nah, this just won’t do.”
Elli933
Do we know what happened to him? Did he live?
Collide-O-Scope
Is it me, or is there a real lack of Tiananmen Square posts today compared to the past week? Thanks for posting, OP!
spm987800
Wow I’ve never seen the Tank Man from this direction before.
Belcaster
Absolutely love the tiananmen square photos. Real bravery in action.
FinskiGerman
I don‘t see anything except happy Chinese business men providing precious labor for their nation. Can anyone explain what‘s so significant about this?
asianabsinthe
I don’t see the Tank Man in this picture…?
Edit: didn’t realize he was so far away. Reminds me of the Austin Powers steamroller scene…
powowboi
Unfortunately, younger Chinese generation knows nothing about this whole thing according to my college professor who used to teach in China.
Whats4dinner
What is that machine scraping off the road?
kibblznbitz
Be sure to check out /r/sino for some fun reads on how this never happened and America is just trying to paint China as evil.
sodaflare
Screw this, I just came over to buy some fireworks!
FreeThinkerE
Has it really been 30 years? In my mind, he’s still standing there, waiting for the world to make sense. Long live tankman and long may he stand.
behemuthm
More background: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tiananmen-square-massacre-death-toll-secret-cable-british-ambassador-1989-alan-donald-a8126461.html
etrnloptimist
I cannot wait for the day when this man will be regarded as the hero he is, in China.
cqinz
Is the guy on the left smiling? ?
wedontneedroads13
Guy in the foreground looks like he just heard gun shots and is ducking to avoid them
wouck
Nope this is just a normal afternoon, nothing is happening:)
maco299
Was he run over?
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PurppleThotMan
Wasn’t the tank man incident on June 5th? Or am I mistaken?
JM_flow
There was a great article in NYT from one of the founders of the protest this weekend.
Pure_Diamond
Tank man was actually on June 5, the day after the massacre. That’s why he wasn’t just run over and meatpied like the rest, it was a tank regiment that had disobeyed orders and hadn’t been there the day prior. By that point the Chinese government was already pretending the massacre hadn’t happened.
Shifty-3-
I want the team of writers and directors that just did Chernobyl to make a miniseries about Tiananmen Square. I believe they could tell this story well.
takashi9
Is his identity still a mystery? I swear I read something that revealed who he is and that he lost both legs. False memory, I guess?
FuckWadSupreme
DID THIS MAN NOT. GET RUN OVER BY THE TANK AND DIE?
Am I tripping balls? Did this not go down like that?? I swear I’ve seen pictures.
Yung_Onions
Such an iconic photo, but from a different angle. Shots like these are amazing.
imannix0024
It’s always so impressive to me this one guy’s courage. At least he’s not forgotten, at least in the rest of the world. I look forward to the day when he is celebrated as the hero he is in china. Also, at least he got a cool nickname