On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM David <curmudg...@telaman.net.au> wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-10-21 at 13:07 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > [...] > > Somewhat related, does anyone know what happened to Tank Man, > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man>? > > > > I've looked for him on occasion, but I have not found mention of him > > since the uprisings. I assume he was imprisoned or murdered by the > > Chinese government, like the many thousands of other protesters of > > the > > time. The protests happened in over 400 cities across China, and > > China's response was brutal. > > < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massa > > cre>. > > > > I have a framed picture of him hanging on my wall to honor him. I > > don't know I would have the courage to do what he did. > > If a British or American tank was in the picture in a parallel > situation, he would have been turned into a retread. > > https://www.rt.com/op-ed/163872-china-tiananmen-square-june4/
I think the article misses the mark. It only opines about the day of protests at Tiananmen Square. I believe the article was accurate in that respect. But the article does not discuss what happened at other cities and universities; and it does not discuss what happened after the days of protests. I visited the Albert Einstein Institute (referenced in the article) around 2012 or 2013. I got to speak with Jamila and Dr. Sharp about the events. As I understand the events, the other cities and universities experienced some of the bloodshed. And the roundups and imprisonments happened for months after the protests. It has been my observation that roundups and imprisonments are routine for the Chinese Communist Party. All under the guise of "transformation-through-education" or "re-education." It doesn't sound so bad when framed as an educational endeavor! See, for example, <https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/09/china-up-to-one-million-detained/>. Jeff
