Tank Man did NOT die in Tiananmen Square

It's widely believed that the 'Tank Man' was killed during his personal struggle against the Chinese government/army in the final moments of the nation-wide riots. This is not true, as shown in this video.

What this man did is amazing, but if the masses KNEW that he did not get ran over, the impact would be minute compared to what it is now. I applaud the Chinese at the time for standing against an oppressive government for as long as they did (the events did not escalate to this after 1 day, it was months of protesting), but in my opinion, the government was in some ways forced to remove the protesters and as they retaliated death was a result. It could have been much better handled (for example following Zhao and not removing him from the party for his 'sympathetic' views to the predominately student body of protesters), but don't forget that this was the first massive scale of protesters in China's history (Western nations had long become familiar with it) and many were not prepared/trained for it. China was coming to a standstill as a result of these protests.

Many do not even know why the protests eventuated, which makes it difficult for the true series of events to have their story told. The edited video (erased the bit where he is pushed away) depicts the Chinese government to be a monster, but is this really the case?

I am very critical of the Chinese government, I am not a Chinese government sympathizer. I just like to look at as many possible views (not just one video) before coming up to my own personal conclusion.

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[withtheoldbreed]

Govt documents have actually been released that show Mao was propped up by the United States... I'm honestly not surprised. We proped up the Shah, Saddam, Gaddafi, Mubarak, Karzai and Musharraf...

[RaptureandZune]

It is not "widely believed" that he got run over. The original footage in 1989 aired in Hong Kong is exactly the same as yours.

[9isuzu5]

Thank you for posting this....for years I had wondered if he (tank man) was run over. Now I know.

[momoG]

brave man.

[ozelinho]

i ever wondered if teebaging a real tank works :p

[MrSw3rls]

I wish there was audio for this

[DaxShark]

@vorpaltek Just because your the guy with the gun,or behind the wheel,or the killer on the battlefront,doesn't mean that you are doing exactly what YOU want.Hes probably just a grunt,someone who wants to have a job, just the guy following the leaders' orders.The real monster is the guy who decided to get this guy in the tank to drive, the guy who opressed the people of China to force them to rise up. Famous saying 'it is the old who make the decisions, but it is the young who must fight and die'

[tompr91]

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[jkircher314]

In America they would have run him over.

[vorpaltek]

@StrangebyDefault Umm what? That "good guy" as you imply is driving a 50,000 pound machine to crack down on non-violent, protesting students. What isn't monstrous about that? (Not to mention the hundreds to thousands of innocent civilians that were reportedly slaughtered during the protests.)

[StrangebyDefault]

What do you people expect? The man showed no true threat to the man in the tank... Just because he is driving the tank for the bad guys doesn't mean the man in there is a monster.... I work for McDonald's but that doesn't mean I like their food or their way of running a business. What would be truly interesting is to find the man who drive the tank and see his point of view today