Re: [A-DX] CRI und der Tiananmen-Jahrestag

[Juergen Fenn <juergen.fenn@xxxxxx>]

In der englischen Wikipedia gibts ein Bild in besserer Qualität. Ich
werde es nie vergessen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_man
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Tianasquare.jpg

> Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel, is the nickname of an anonymous man
> who achieved fame and widespread international recognition as a
> heroic figure when he was videotaped and photographed during the
> protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. Several
> photographs were taken of the man, who stood in front of a column of
> Chinese Type 59 tanks, preventing their advance.

[...]

> There are several conflicting stories about what happened to him
> after the demonstration. In a speech to the President's Club in 1999,
> Bruce Herschensohn—former deputy special assistant to President of
> the United States Richard Nixon—reported that he was executed 14 days
> later;[citation needed] other sources say he was killed by firing
> squad a few months after the Tiananmen Square protests.[5] In Red
> China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now, Jan Wong writes that the
> man is still alive and is hiding in mainland China.
> 
> The People's Republic of China government has made few statements
> about the incident or the people involved.[citation needed] In a 1990
> interview with Barbara Walters, then-CCP General Secretary Jiang
> Zemin was asked what became of the man. The Chinese leader first
> stated (through an interpreter), "I can't confirm whether this young
> man you mentioned was arrested or not." Jiang then replied in
> English, "I think never killed." [sic][8] A June 2006 article in the
> Hong Kong Apple Daily stated that there are rumours that the man is
> now residing in Taiwan.[9]

Jürgen.


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