5 June, 2006

Tank Man Reportedly in Taiwan

AsiaPundit is deeply skeptical of most of the ‘news’ published by the FLG’s Epoch Times, however if this is true it would be welcome (even though it would diminish some of the iconic power of the image).:

 Images Tank-Man-BigThe “Unknown Rebel” who famously stood up to a column of tanks during the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989 is rumored to be living in Taiwan where he reportedly settled in 1993.The “tank man” Wang Weilin has been an adviser on ceramic artifacts and antiques to Taiwan’s National Palace Museum, the Epoch Times quoted a Hong Kong-based professor who spoke on condition of anonymity as saying.

The photograph of Wang standing alone in front of a column of tanks on June 5, 1989 is perhaps the most famous image from the protests.

The professor told the Epoch Times that Wang, born in Shaoyang in the southern province of Hunan, was the captain of the Mawangduei Archaeology Team of Changsha, Hunan in early June 1989 when he traveled with a union group to Beijing to take part in the pro-democracy demonstrations in the Chinese capital.

According to the unnamed professor, Wang went into hiding in China for three years and seven months after the bloody crackdown. He then reached Hong Kong in early 1993 from where he headed to Taiwan.

(Via Japundit)

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by @ 10:31 am. Filed under China, Taiwan, Asia, East Asia, Northeast Asia

3 Responses to “Tank Man Reportedly in Taiwan”

  1. The Moderate Voice Says:

    We All Wondered About Where He Wound Up…

    …and maybe now we have the answer….

  2. expat Says:

    This question comes up every year! I hope his story is true.

  3. mahathir_fan Says:

    It is very confusing to refer to him as the Tank Man.

    The first time they said Tank Man I thought they were refering to the Tank driver. I began to question why it would be so hard to locate him, just check with the PLA.

    Only later i kne they were talking about the bystandder

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