Little is publicly known of the man's identity or that of the commander of the lead tank. Shortly after the incident, British tabloid the Sunday Express named the man as Wang Weilin (王维林), a 19-year-old student who was later charged with "political hooliganism" and "attempting to subvert members of the People's Liberation Army;" however, the veracity of this claim is dubious. Numerous rumors have sprung up as to the man's identity and current whereabouts, but none are backed by hard evidence.
[wikipedia: tank man]
Oh, China. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 sound like a political horror film. Happy 20th anniversary.
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Tank Man lives. Updates of this iconic image are all over the Web today. Here, for example:
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/20th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-square/
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