THE TANK MAN REMEMBERED

 The   brave man who  confronted  the  convoy of 17 tanks  at Tiananmen Square on June 5 , 1989  has  never  been  positively  identified . A Sunday Express   report  said he  was  Wang  Weilin , 19 , taken away  and charged with “ political hooliganism ”, later executed , according to  an American source .  Regarded as one of the great photos of the 20^th century,  this shot  was taken  by  Jeff Widener  from the sixth floor of  the  Beijing  Hotel. In  the 25th  anniversary  crackdown  by  the  Communist   regime ,  Australian artist  Guo Jian  has  been  taken  into  custody along  with  academics , lawyers , journalists   and  others .    In  Hong  Kong , brave   Chinese  have   raised  the   massacre , said  to  number 3000 . 

Part of  the  Tiananmen Square  massacre  diorama  by  Guo Jian on which he  used  160 kilograms of  minced meat. Buildings in  the square  are  shown  riddled  by  bullets .