This is one of the Images That Changed The World.
– by Jeff W idener (Associated Press)
You’ll be seeing it a lot in conjunction with Olympic coverage in Beijing.
This unknown rebel will be symbolic for all time as a common man standing up to Totalitarianism. He’ll be a National Hero in China one day.
One of the main reasons I was happy when Beijing got the Olympics was anticipating the tremendous pressure of World Opinion on the Chinese government. They have a lot to answer for.
The regime is corrupt and rotten.
I expect it to fail under the light of Olympic scrutiny. Before the Olympics finish China will announce real democratic reform.
And you’ll again be able to read this currently-banned page on the internet in China: T iananmen Square protests of 1989 – Wikipedia
(I’d be interested to know if GymnasticsCoaching.com is available in China. Leave a comment below if you can read it from there.)
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