In this iconic image, an anonymous "tank man" stands in protest in front of a column of Chinese tanks on June 5, 1989.
The day a man stopped tanks in Tiananmen
CNN Photojournalist Jonathan Schaer looks back on covering the Tiananmen Square protests and the iconic tank standoff.
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In this iconic image, an anonymous "tank man" stands in protest in front of a column of Chinese tanks on June 5, 1989.
The day a man stopped tanks in Tiananmen
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This file photo taken on June 4, 1989 shows an armoured personnel carrier in flames as students set it on fire near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of protesters were killed by China's military on June 3 and 4, 1989, as communist leaders ordered an end to six weeks of unprecedented democracy protests in the heart of the Chinese capital. Dissidents and human rights advocates around the world will mark on June 4, 2009 the twentieth anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on the pro-democracy protests. AFP PHOTO / FILES / TOMMY CHENG
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