61K views · 2.2K reactions | Thousands of Hong Kong protesters defied a police ban Thursday night to stage a vigil on the anniversary of June 4, 1989 — the date that Chinese tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to crush a student-led democracy movement. https://ti.me/2AGVDpr | TIME | Facebook

Twenty-nine years ago, a Chinese man, shopping bag in hand, stood in front of a column of People’s Liberation Army tanks in Tiananmen Square. Tank Man became an iconic symbol of the protests. His stand was the culmination of weeks of clashes between Chinese pro-democracy protesters and the government, which saw thousands killed. The official death toll is unknown, but is believed to be several thousand ​ | The Guardian

9.4M views · 1.5K reactions | The day after the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, which killed an unknown number of citizens in Beijing, one man performed a stunning act of defiance. Watch the “tank man” stand his ground. https://to.pbs.org/2I0zYKt | FRONTLINE | PBS | Facebook