Picture of the day - Lest we Forget

britexpat
By britexpat

One man can make a difference..

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Apologies to Dracula for "hijacking" his picture topic :)

By anonymous• 4 Jun 2009 20:35
anonymous

bloody hell, it only seems like yesterday. It was awful watching it unravel. I wonder if things have changed?

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Man makes plans...............God smiles ;-)

By britexpat• 4 Jun 2009 14:24
britexpat

HOLD ON! What's Pajju doing there with his bike ?

By GodFather.• 4 Jun 2009 14:23
GodFather.

Was it his his action that led to Britain giving up on Hong Kong? Before that not many people knew we had nice piece of China under Majesty rule.

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2009 14:13
Rating: 5/5
Dracula

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2009 14:03
Dracula

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p7b

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2009 13:54
Rating: 5/5
Dracula

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His name is Wang Weilin

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(All Hail to Tank Man!)

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'Tank Man,' the Tiananmen Hero...Alive in Taiwan

"The whereabout of the man who blocked tank (column) during Tiananmen Democracy Protest in 1989 and had become the symbol of the democracy movement has been finally uncovered. His name is Wang Weilin ."

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Yonhap News (via daum.net) ^ | 06/04/06 |

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643078/posts

By arecel• 4 Jun 2009 13:49
arecel

thanks drac..

usapa na...

By anonymous• 4 Jun 2009 13:40
anonymous

This guy is a true hero!

By DonMeister• 4 Jun 2009 10:33
Rating: 2/5
DonMeister

He was late on his way to work and took a moment to admire the engineering put into those machines ;)

By arecel• 4 Jun 2009 10:13
arecel

i wonder who is he and where is he now (if he is still alive)? till now, no one knows his identity.

usapa na...

By britexpat• 4 Jun 2009 10:11
Rating: 2/5
britexpat

I believe it did make some difference. It brought to the public images of the atrocity committed by the authorities. It also made China aware that the world was watching. Most importantly though it sent a message to the people of China that it was possible to show "resistance".

By Andrews• 4 Jun 2009 09:34
Andrews

Iam wondering what difference it made even after 20 years

By baldrick2dogs• 4 Jun 2009 09:00
Rating: 5/5
baldrick2dogs

Ah, Tianamen Remembered.

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