man that stood infront of tank. it was on T.V. What is the story about that?

Answer 1

There are different ideas about this man's identity and fate. He is usually referred to as "Tank Man" or the "Unknown Rebel", though one unconfirmed source identified him as Wang Wei Lin. He held up the tanks for half an hour before concerned onlookers, fearful for his safety, dragged him away. Some reports claim that he was executed 14 days later, others that he was killed by firing squad some months later, and even others that he is still alive and in hiding.

Read more about him in the linked webpage below. These details are copied on to many internet sites.

Answer 2

There was an earlier example of a man in front of a tank which occurred during the 'Warsaw spring' in 1968 when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. The picture of the student standing in front of the Russian tank was very famous at the time (I was 12 years old and remember it very well).

Answer 3

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, June 4th Incident, or the Political Turmoil between Spring and Summer of 1989 by the government of the People's Republic of China, were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals and labour activists in the People's Republic of China between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989. The demonstrations centred on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, but large scale protests also occured in cities throughout China, such as in Shanghai.

In Beijing, the resulting crackdown on the protestors by the PRC government left many civilians dead, the figure ranging from 200–300 (PRC government figures), to 2,000–3,000 (Chinese student associations and Chinese Red Cross), although the PRC government asserts and most independent observers agree that these deaths were not in the square itself but rather in the streets leading to the square. [1]

The protestors came from disparate groups, ranging from intellectuals who believed the Communist Party of China-led government was too corrupt and repressive, to urban workers who believed Chinese economic reform had gone too far and that the resulting rampant inflation and widespread unemployment was threatening their livelihoods.

After the protestors defied government calls to disperse, a split emerged within the Communist Party of China on how to respond to the protestors. Out of the party turmoil, a hardline faction emerged and the decision was made to quell the protests, rather than to heed their demands. [2]

On May 20, the government declared martial law and, on the night of June 3 and the early morning of June 4, army tanks and infantry were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush the protest and disperse the protestors. Estimates of civilian deaths vary: 23 (Communist Party of China), 400–800 (Central Intelligence Agency), 2600 (Chinese Red Cross). Injuries are generally held to have numbered from 7,000 to 10,000. Following the violence, the government conducted widespread arrests to suppress the remaining supporters of the movement, banned the foreign press and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the PRC press. The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the PRC government.[3]

Answer 4

thats tieanamen square in china several collage kids protested and many were killed and that kid stood in front and blocked a tank, this was in 1990s

Answer 5

,If you mean the protest in china by students demanding freedom from communist oppression The chines authorities crushed the leaders then rounded up the rest after and murdered them

Answer 6

It was in China and he was protesting against human rights abuse in that country!

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 <==== This link is to an article about it, if you are talking about the one from 1989. If not, then Sorry to have wasted your time!

Answer 8

He wanted to experience the feelings of a pancake......