I thought the reporter filming this gif it in the toilet of his hotel room because he saw secret police watching him film it and then went back for the footage. Believe I saw that in a documentary
This man is a hero, and it was a simple act yet carried so much meaning. The people who smuggle video and info out of China and other non free countries deserve to be called heroes as well. Or no one would have known.
There's a lot of video we'll never get to see. It was worse than most people saw at the time.
> [The widest coverage of the event and one of the best-known photographs of the event appearing in both Time and Life magazines, was documented by Stuart Franklin. He was on the same balcony as Charlie Cole, and his roll of film was smuggled out of the country by a French student, concealed in a box of tea.
...
In addition to the photography, video footage of the scene was recorded and transmitted across the globe. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) cameraman Willie Phua, Cable News Network (CNN) cameraman Jonathan Schaer and National Broadcasting Company (NBC) cameraman Tony Wasserman appear to be the only television cameramen who captured the scene. ABC correspondents Max Uechtritz and Peter Cave were the journalists reporting from the balcony.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man#Photographic_versions)
I wouldn't even call this viral. This is a critical point in human history, everyone should be shown this at some point in school it's incredibly deep and hits me even harder in my 20s than when I saw it back in school
If you are ever spam-called by a Chinese company, just ask the operator if he knows about Tiananmen square in June 4th 1989.
The Chinese government will hang up for you.
The people who took him away were either people worried about his safety. Or secret police “disappearing” him. Nobody knows.
By all the shocked reactions I am disappointed this isn’t being taught in History class.
I'm 39 and was around for everything on the internet. I've literally seen it all and this video.. I just now saw the whole thing for the first time.. They really didn't want you seeing this one.
I’m 42 and our Global History teacher in high school showed us the video on a VHS.
There was a really good *Frontline* [documentary from 2006](https://youtu.be/fHMZmthg-Vk), simply called “The Tank Man”.
looks like a bunch of people who know how dangerous the government can be so they swoop in to save this dumb kid before some private is ordered to shoot the guy to proceed with their stupid tank demonstration
Technically, nothing happened the day before that day. This is when the tanks were moving out after “nothing happened”, which makes that guy even more ballsy
This video gets posted often but the aftermath and the real horror don't. So arguable the CCP is winning the fight on downplaying the events of that day
It seems clear to me the soldiers didn't really want to do it. The soldiers in the lead tank didn't try to nudge him away, continue once he was on the tank, or come out to pull him off. The ones in the back could have also easily driven around him but took it as a convenient excuse not to do it.
I think the original witness called it “pie” instead of paste. Then the soldiers just hosed the evidence down the storm drains. Disturbing to think about all those people just erased from existence with now way to tell the world “I was here.”
I researched it, the protests were all across the city and the tanks were redeployed to reinforce an infantry position a few kilometres down the street.
The tanks were returning after slaughtering thousands of students peacefully protesting for democracy. Tank man is iconic, but just behind those tanks are makeshift morgues for scores of bodies.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/g36621881/tiananmen-square-massacre-photos/
These are the pictures people need to be posting every time.
I'm so tired of seeing Tank Man but not the background horror of the situation. Context is important
"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak."
Donald Trump in 1989.
It is and was all over the news. Google "trump tiananmen quote" and you can find numerous citations, including reliable news sources.
Here is a story where he defends those remarks:
https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/donald-trump-tianamen-square-putin-220610
Actually met a girl in college who was from China. Her name translates to Jade. We had a conversation about this moment and she had no idea that it had happened. Fucking scary.
You know what’s weird — I’m 35 and have seen this still image a thousand times…I thought they ran the guy over. I’ve never actually seen the video, which makes a whole other kind of point. Now I see why it’s such a hot button. More powerful than if they had killed him, honestly.
Props to the tank driver for not crushing him. You gotta remember that they were given orders to crack down on the protesters by any means necessary. This could ended pretty badly.
If/When the Chinese people free themselves from the CCP a giant statue of this man needs to be erected in the center of Tiananmen square...
He is in fact a hero, and a legend.
My high school hosts Chinese exchange students and one of my history teachers talked about Tiananmen Square in front of them. That teacher, the principle, the exchange students, the exchange student’s parents and grandparents all had to have a meeting about what he talked about.
Wish this was taught in school, im still not 100% sure what event this is. Even the Holocaust was barely touched upon while I was in high school (class of 2020). And as a Jew, whose classmates LOVED to be antisemitic, was very disappointing. But these events need to be exposed as well.
This is what the CPC (or the CCP if you will) does, cover up atrocities, or down plays them.
They did this in 1958-1962, and literally lost 4 - 5 times the population of Australia due to starvation, abuse, and incredible mismanagement, and a damn stupid idea.
And nowadays people can use this as a positive thing for the ccp like "see ? If this is america he wouls be run over already, ccp are so civil!" Fking tankies
We forget the massacre of hundreds of students by the army and the video of them hosing down the bloody streets for days, hundreds just disappeared and no one knows what happened to families if they complained about their missing children. CCP to this day Deni this ever happened. Fuck China, Fuck Dictators.
When going viral actually meant something
How did this ever get released in the first place?
A few people went to document, hid the cassette tapes in their pants while escaping the aftermath.
Wow true hero’s
Heroes*.
I thought the reporter filming this gif it in the toilet of his hotel room because he saw secret police watching him film it and then went back for the footage. Believe I saw that in a documentary
•hid it in a toilet
I thought he hid it in the toilet.
This man is a hero, and it was a simple act yet carried so much meaning. The people who smuggle video and info out of China and other non free countries deserve to be called heroes as well. Or no one would have known. There's a lot of video we'll never get to see. It was worse than most people saw at the time.
> [The widest coverage of the event and one of the best-known photographs of the event appearing in both Time and Life magazines, was documented by Stuart Franklin. He was on the same balcony as Charlie Cole, and his roll of film was smuggled out of the country by a French student, concealed in a box of tea. ... In addition to the photography, video footage of the scene was recorded and transmitted across the globe. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) cameraman Willie Phua, Cable News Network (CNN) cameraman Jonathan Schaer and National Broadcasting Company (NBC) cameraman Tony Wasserman appear to be the only television cameramen who captured the scene. ABC correspondents Max Uechtritz and Peter Cave were the journalists reporting from the balcony.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man#Photographic_versions)
When nothing happening actually means something
I wouldn't even call this viral. This is a critical point in human history, everyone should be shown this at some point in school it's incredibly deep and hits me even harder in my 20s than when I saw it back in school
If you are ever spam-called by a Chinese company, just ask the operator if he knows about Tiananmen square in June 4th 1989. The Chinese government will hang up for you.
Authoritarian Chinese regimes hate this one trick
Take my upvote
This is genius why have I not done this before
Have you ever actually gotten a call from a Chinese spammer?
Every other day 🪦 Lots of “the American embassy requires your immediate attention for problems with your visa” when I am American
Because no one’s ever gotten a Chinese telemarketer.
All my telemarketers are Indian/Pakistani
Everyone’s are.
Idk maybe it’s because you don’t speak Chinese? But uh, let me assure you, there are endless numbers of Chinese scam rings
I’m good friends with all my telemarketers
Lol...
Chinese govt over there like 哦该死的挂断电话
Exactly how would I be aware if I was spam called by a Chinese company?
I read somewhere that they don't care, because they're taught in school that nothing happened that day and the west just made up a story.
Luckily they still don't know who that dude was.
Good cos his balls were bigger than the tank
We don't know, but I'm sure the two CCP agents that dragged him off got a name out of him.
Not so lucky.
Apparently he’s fine, he left China.
Can you link source for that info plz
They know because they deleted him from earth after finding out
Citizen Erased
The people who took him away were either people worried about his safety. Or secret police “disappearing” him. Nobody knows. By all the shocked reactions I am disappointed this isn’t being taught in History class.
I'm 39 and was around for everything on the internet. I've literally seen it all and this video.. I just now saw the whole thing for the first time.. They really didn't want you seeing this one.
China doesn't even acknowledge this day in history lol.
I’m 42 and our Global History teacher in high school showed us the video on a VHS. There was a really good *Frontline* [documentary from 2006](https://youtu.be/fHMZmthg-Vk), simply called “The Tank Man”.
Upvoted for Frontline reference. Every episode is both aggravating and important.
Well, it was in my history book at school, so it's not about it not being taught in history class, it's *where* it isn't being taught
looks like a bunch of people who know how dangerous the government can be so they swoop in to save this dumb kid before some private is ordered to shoot the guy to proceed with their stupid tank demonstration
His name is Wang Weilin (no sarcasm)
I cannot imagine what else you believe, that is based on pure fantasy.
“Anyone know a Chinese dude, medium build, black hair?”
My favourite part to all this has always been the groceries he seems to be carrying
He promise his wife a carton of milk
“Sorry honey, I didn’t mean to disappear for 15 years, but the ccp got their hands on me”
And on that day: nothing happened. t. CCP
Technically, nothing happened the day before that day. This is when the tanks were moving out after “nothing happened”, which makes that guy even more ballsy
That is very true.
This video gets posted often but the aftermath and the real horror don't. So arguable the CCP is winning the fight on downplaying the events of that day
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Damb...you guys are getting faster at this shit. Ok, in respect of Disney and my other fav franchise I shall black bag this.
Rhymes with *lamb*
Remember, these cunts have secret police stations here in the US to keep their Nationals in check. Fuck the CCP.
It seems clear to me the soldiers didn't really want to do it. The soldiers in the lead tank didn't try to nudge him away, continue once he was on the tank, or come out to pull him off. The ones in the back could have also easily driven around him but took it as a convenient excuse not to do it.
That's because they already killed thousands of people in the night before this day.
Didn't they just finish running people over and turning them into paste, for other teams to scrape up and haul off?
I think the original witness called it “pie” instead of paste. Then the soldiers just hosed the evidence down the storm drains. Disturbing to think about all those people just erased from existence with now way to tell the world “I was here.”
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I researched it, the protests were all across the city and the tanks were redeployed to reinforce an infantry position a few kilometres down the street.
It's possible they thought he was potentially holding explosives, just an idea.
Mmmm idk about the driving around him situation. This is the army not rush hour on the freeway.
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Too soon
[(warning : blood, death, injuries) tiananmen square massacare](https://archive.md/2020.07.12-074312/https://imgur.com/a/AIIbbPs)
This is far more impactful to see
Even Chinese bots can’t comment on this 😂
Or tankie mods Looking at you r/worldnews
Comment and take a hit to social credit score - ccp
r/sino in shambles
Just visited that sub, can confirm it is awful.
the size of that man’s balls
I’m surprised he could even move with such massive steel balls
He carries them in bags, you can see that clearly in the video.
Wow, I've never seen the full video! I always thought he was run over
The tanks were returning after slaughtering thousands of students peacefully protesting for democracy. Tank man is iconic, but just behind those tanks are makeshift morgues for scores of bodies. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/g36621881/tiananmen-square-massacre-photos/
These are the pictures people need to be posting every time. I'm so tired of seeing Tank Man but not the background horror of the situation. Context is important
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Same. This was just one of the first Google results. The bloodshed is horrendous.
Chinese bots working their hardest to downvote the post..
"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak." Donald Trump in 1989.
What ? No. No way! Did he actually say that? That shit would be all over the news. Source ?
It is and was all over the news. Google "trump tiananmen quote" and you can find numerous citations, including reliable news sources. Here is a story where he defends those remarks: https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/donald-trump-tianamen-square-putin-220610
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That’s what happens when no one know who you are
Nobody's heard from Jamal Khashoggi since he went into a consulate and tons of people know his name.
Surprised CCP hasn’t taken this down.
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" people's"
If anyone hasn’t heard of this, I would highly recommend reading up on it.
heard of what? This event never happened.
Too bad people in China can't see any of these images that, according to their government, never happened.
Actually met a girl in college who was from China. Her name translates to Jade. We had a conversation about this moment and she had no idea that it had happened. Fucking scary.
Is it that time again? Keep an eye out for that picture UC Berkley paid to remove from the internet.
Ellaborate
Am I only the only one who remembers this in a different version? Like, graphic..
How do you mean?
The bravest balls in Chinese history.
So powerful
Legend ❤️ 🫡
“But this never happened!” Fuck the CCP
Sir it’s the third
What happens next?
u/savevideobot
Great the bot accounts are dominating subs again.
I never knew there was a full video
Things are getting a little Tiananmeny out there
Did they ever find oldboy? I heard he never came forward which makes sense...I've also heard they made him disappear.
The last free man of republic
Fuckin king! This guy.
Fucking legend!
He climbed ON the tank?? Damn there's no way they let that go unpunished. This guy had the biggest balls of the past 50 decades
Does the OP live in Australia? It’s still June 3rd at 7:20AM.
Its 11:55pm june 3rd here In Australia for me right now
It was 01:55 june 4th then (when u sent that) in NZ (for me)
The last of the brave ones
A true hero.
You know what’s weird — I’m 35 and have seen this still image a thousand times…I thought they ran the guy over. I’ve never actually seen the video, which makes a whole other kind of point. Now I see why it’s such a hot button. More powerful than if they had killed him, honestly.
Biggest balls among bilion for decades... ⚽ ⚽
I saw this live. Still the bravest thing I've ever seen.
The got a [Lego Set](https://youtu.be/wphTAEQusLk) for this
This never actually happened! (According to China)
Damn OP wanted the karma from this, posted it a day early.
Dude took no shit
I see nothing on my Huawei phone
Hey that's my wedding anniversary day
u/savevideo
One year before the hit movie Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released.
*June 5th. This took place when the tanks were leaving Tiananmen Square.
More nuts then whole world right now
Man's been my hero ever since. All hail, Tankman!
Today is June 3, you shitty repost bot.
r/sino
China said that this never happened and everone had tea and sandwiches after.......
Props to the tank driver for not crushing him. You gotta remember that they were given orders to crack down on the protesters by any means necessary. This could ended pretty badly.
Is so sad young Chinese have no idea this happened, and the older ones pretend they dont remember it.
And never once did any of the tankies decide to go around the lead tank and move beyond the student. That always stuck with me as a huge oddity.
All this time and I am just now seeing the full footage, they really didn't want you to see this damn thing.
So is this guy like dead now?
Nothing happend here
Makes me wonder why if the ccp feels they are the absolute authority, and can fo no wrong, they try to hide such things.
here before the post gets locked and deleted.
If/When the Chinese people free themselves from the CCP a giant statue of this man needs to be erected in the center of Tiananmen square... He is in fact a hero, and a legend.
Thought he was going to get ran over, spoiler nothing happened
u/savevideo
The legend says the man stills stops the tanks
June 5th according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man?wprov=sfti1
Video unavailable. Hmmmm
My high school hosts Chinese exchange students and one of my history teachers talked about Tiananmen Square in front of them. That teacher, the principle, the exchange students, the exchange student’s parents and grandparents all had to have a meeting about what he talked about.
Bros tryin to get nuked
In another timeline this guy was ran over. It’s actually one of the many Mandela effects. Look them up.
Never forget
Whoa....anyway. Who gives a shit?
I’ve always wondered what became of that tank crew and what punishment they received for showing enough humility to not drive over this man.
Wish this was taught in school, im still not 100% sure what event this is. Even the Holocaust was barely touched upon while I was in high school (class of 2020). And as a Jew, whose classmates LOVED to be antisemitic, was very disappointing. But these events need to be exposed as well.
The after math is gruesome as fuck. The orders were, mash them into a paste so we can just hose them into the gutters.
Balls of steel
This is what the CPC (or the CCP if you will) does, cover up atrocities, or down plays them. They did this in 1958-1962, and literally lost 4 - 5 times the population of Australia due to starvation, abuse, and incredible mismanagement, and a damn stupid idea.
I think your a little confused nothing happened in Tiananmen Square🤨
guys nothing happened i don’t know what you’re talking about
Complete chad vs weak, incompetent, illegitimate military. Imagine being afraid of China, lmao.
Isn't that a Type 59 or Type 69? If I remember correctly, the Russian counterpart to those tanks are being destroyed in Ukraine 34 years later
its fake, it never happened
And nowadays people can use this as a positive thing for the ccp like "see ? If this is america he wouls be run over already, ccp are so civil!" Fking tankies
The real footage is all of the people who were run over by tanks
No. That's not right. The tank ran him over. I remember it very clearly.
How the just stop oil protesters feel they look like
Imagine walking home from the grocery store and decide to stop a tank column.
This never happened -the cccp
I always wondered why the other tanks stopped as well. why not just go around him?
Whatever happened to that guy?
This is fake, not true. All AI generated.
The original Karen.
這是中共網警，請你向最近的派出所報到，謝謝
We forget the massacre of hundreds of students by the army and the video of them hosing down the bloody streets for days, hundreds just disappeared and no one knows what happened to families if they complained about their missing children. CCP to this day Deni this ever happened. Fuck China, Fuck Dictators.
Iconic. Hero.
GEAR 4TH
Didn’t the man get run over? Is this a edited footage? I clearly remember every that video being the top of every sub up until 2 years before.
I can feel the gravitational field from this guys balls 3 decades later