Known since then as “Tank Man,” the rebel, whose identity and fate remain unknown, became an icon of the Chinese students’ crushed revolt and an emblem of freedom’s power, universality and price.
THE ICONIC PHOTO of a man standing in front of a convoy of tanks in the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Beijing, China, June 5, 1989. (photo credit: REUTERS)ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
