Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or the Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of …

Dec 10, 2025 · On the night of June 3–4, tanks and heavily armed troops advanced toward Tiananmen Square, opening fire on or crushing those who again tried to block their way.

Dec 29, 2024 · Also known as the "Unknown Rebel," "Tank Man" was an unidentified protester who faced down Chinese tanks near Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989.

May 31, 2019 · The protests were halted in a deadly crackdown, known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, by the Chinese government on June 4 and 5, 1989.

The statue was modeled after the Statue of Liberty. Chinese military items, including rifles, helmets and a hat, are displayed in Tiananmen Square during the pro-democracy …

A CNN crew covering the June 5, 1989, protests in Beijing recorded a man stopping a Chinese tank in Tiananmen Square.

Tank Man was photographed on June 5, 1989, in the immediate aftermath of a deadly government campaign to clear Tiananmen Square of protesters.

Tanks and armored personnel vehicles converged on Tiananmen Square from every direction, pushing through makeshift barricades erected by protesters blocking access to the square.

The most famous photo of Tiananmen Square is known as "Tank Man". The Tiananmen protests were immortalised in Western media on 5 June 1989 through the image of a lone man in a …

Drawing on interviews with Chinese and Western eyewitnesses, Thomas recounts the amazing events of the spring of 1989, when a student protest that began in Tiananmen Square, the …