 | Unknown Rebel, Beijing, China 39 ° 54'23 .21 "N, 116 ° 24'0 .15 "E |  |  |
No one knew his name. An hour after appearing in every home in the world, disappeared without a trace. Despite their anonymity, the man who on 5 June 1989, stood before a column of tanks near Tiananmen Square, is etched in the collective memory more strongly than the revolutionary leader Sun Yat-Sen .
In June 1989 the Chinese government began a violent crackdown on the demonstrations that took place during two months in favor of democracy and against corruption and the Communist Party. The government felt threatened so much that he decided to draw the army into the streets. During the riots in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, an unknown man became famous for being filmed and photographed standing in front of a line of tanks in the Chang An Da Jie, or "Great Avenue of Eternal Peace." Tank Man started in thousands of newspapers, magazines and television, including the "Unknown Rebel" was included in the list the hundred most influential people of the twentieth century of Time magazine.
a negligible figure, an exceptional man wearing canvas pants and white shirt and holding two bags in each hand stopped before a row of 18 tanks. While the tanks were slowed down, he gestured for them to leave. The tank on top of the column tried to get around it, but the man repeatedly stepped in its path. The tank is off to the right, he blocks moving left. The tank then get around it is to the left, he moves to the right. Then the anonymous man climbs on the car and said something to his driver:
"Why are you here?" My city is in chaos because of him "" Go back, turn around and stop killing my people "
| | Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, China 39 ° 54'11 .70 "N, 116 ° 23'31 .20" E | | |
The "Unknown Rebel" became a symbol of the Chinese democracy movement, an icon of individual power to stop the government and force a change in political leadership of the country. Within China, the image was used by the government as a symbol of caring for soldiers of the People's Liberation Army to protect the Chinese people: despite orders to advance, the tank driver refused to do so if that meant hurting one citizen. Anecdotally, it suffices to remember when Google arrived in China with a special version that met all regulatory requirements imposed by the country's Internet censorship. It is curious to compare the results of searches on words like "Tiananmen"
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