A Taiwanese artist has created giant inflatables of a tank and “tank man” - the lone protester who stood in front of a convoy of tanks on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square - to mark 30 years since China’s bloody crackdown on the pro-democracy movement.
The photograph of a man in a white shirt standing in the path of the tanks has become one of the most recognised images of the twentieth century, and a symbol of peaceful protest.
The balloons are on display in the Taiwanese capital Taipei, by the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, one of Taiwan’s most famous landmarks.
Mention of the June 4, 1989, crackdown is heavily censored in Chinese news and social media.
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Back in 1989, Deng Xiaoping, the leader of communist China said, "a million dead Chinese is nothing." Talking about suppressing the demonstrating students.
Do you think exhibits like this do anything good?