Just a reminder: yesterday (June 4 2024) marked the 35 year anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

Some relevant links:

• Associated Press: Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
• Hong Kong Free Press: In Pictures: Hong Kong’s US, EU consulates mark Tiananmen crackdown anniversary with candles
• Al Jazeera: Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te says Tiananmen ‘will not disappear in torrent of history’

Here is an album of photos from the protest in 1989, along with explanations of the historical context:

https://archive.ph/7Tdzh

Warning: blood, gore, visible injuries, death

Was anyone else told/under the assumption this guy got run over? Wild.

What a brave dude and a terrible thing. At least all 42 000 Chinese students were granted full asylum in a unilateral decision by Bob Hawke, our PM at the time.

Would have preferred no music. I don’t need cues to tell me when I should feel suspense.

Brave dude. No one knows if he was apprehended except for the intelligence or military services in China.

At least the CCP is open to criticism and debate about their actions back then.

If you go to Tiananmen today, you will see and hear a lot of discussion of this troubling time in China's recent history. Sure, sometimes the debate about one party authoritarian rule vs the colonial nature of Western-style democracy can get heated, but there are police around in clearly marked uniforms to make sure it doesn't get out of hand. Never again!

Such restraint. He could have annihilated that entire column of tanks with just one swing of his TREMENDOUS BALLS.

The cojones on this dude.

It says Log in to watch :k

This kills the tankie