Hidden Away for 28 Years, Tiananmen Protest Pictures See Light of Day
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#2An inspiring collection of photos, but I'd bet it attracts little interest outside a few select, irrelevant circles. One of the most heartbreaking thing about the massacre is not just that the mass murderers who ordered it were never held responsible but that today it barely even tarnishes their reputations, while the memory of their victims has been thoroughly suppressed.
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#3Surprised that the article showed up on HackerNews
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#4Interesting how even after all this time that no one knows who "Tank Man" was and within China, few even know he existed at all:
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#5Student protests really scare older Chinese because they remember the reign of terror that the Red Guard kids perpetuated during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.
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#6Yet another example of "nothing matters like success." Since 1989, China has gone on to have great success - both economic and diplomatic, and is on the verge (if not already achieved) super-power status.
Because of that success, there is not much anybody can do about human rights abuses, so most people don't pay much attention to it.
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#7Kind of a personal story, but my fiancé is from Beijing. She found out about Tiananmen square about a year ago. She only knew that she shouldn't ask about the Tiananmen incident growing up and that it was a bad thing that happened.
She has been in the states for several years now and when she found out what really happened with our even blurry images and stories we have now it really changed her perspective on things.
Even though its 28 years old, many of the younger generations don't know a thing about what happened, regardless if it's censored in their country or not.
History should not be censored like this. You should not have to move out of country to know what your country has done. I am extremely grateful for the brave photographer preserving his images for the world.
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#8Still, I gots to know what happened to tank dude. I gots to know.
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#9Interesting how even after all this time that no one knows who "Tank Man" was and within China, few even know he existed at all: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man
Chalk it up to the Mandela Effect?
Brace for this ... there .... was ... no tank man. Dun! dun! duunnnnnn!!!
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#10There's inevitably going to be people trying to justify the tragedy here by suggesting America is no better, pointing to instances such as the Kent State Shootings (Vietnam War protest).
For those people I'd like to point out that unlike China, America doesn't actively try to hide the negative sides of its history to the extent China does. I can read about the Kent State shootings all I want, along with the My Lai Massacre, the Trail of Tears, American involvement in Central America or the Middle East, etc..
It is in fact sad that China depends on the West to expose the darker sides of its past, and then claims Western negative bias whenever we do.