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June 4th, 2010 | ethics
Just to ensure I’m banned in China.
No one understands better the importance of symbolic imagery than totalitarian governments. One day this photo will be revered in China. But not in 2010.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 – Wikipedia
The Unknown Rebel – AP photographer Jeff Widener. A lone protester delayed the tanks for over half an hour.
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Does anyone know what happened to this man?
Thanks for the post. Indeed, the photo will be revered in China. I hope sooner rather than later.
From what I have read and heard he was never found.
Wow, welcome to the ‘banned in china’ club. I am in it!!
You are not banned in China, at least not yet.
Don’t be naive. Symbolic imagery is no less dangerous than a totalitarian government.
I was at Tinamen Square in April of this year – we spoke about that very man and were informed by out govt tour guide that no one knew what had happened to him. No one really knows how many died, were arrested, or disappeared after that. The generally feeling is that he was arrested. The guide had been at the Square watching. Today Tinament square is fenced off, with cameras and soldiers watching every few hundred feet – it has an oppressive feel to it. But many people know about what happened there because they came out and watched it in person or have seen things on the internet. But I know you are not banned in China because I could read it while I was there!
Thanks to those confirming you can reach this site from China.
I’m wondering how many gymnastics coaches there check it to see what’s happening in the rest of the world.
[...] sorry. That picture is now presently popular in China … as a symbol of government [...]
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