Tank Man: what happened at Tiananmen Square?

Thirty years ago, a Chinese man carrying his shopping stood in front of a column of tanks from the People’s Liberation Army in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Tank Man, as he was to be known, became an iconic image from the protests. His stand was the culmination of weeks of clashes between Chinese pro-democracy protesters and the government, during which thousands of people are thought to have been killed Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub • Beijing falls silent as tight security surrounds Tiananmen Square anniversary ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/201... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ►    / theguardian   Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture