by
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kate Merkel-Hess, Sorpong Peou
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction...