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To Outlive Tyranny.

  • Published In: Dissent (0012-3846), 2025, v. 72, n. 3. P. 25 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Cheng, Yangyang 3 of 3

Abstract

It's early summer, and images of tanks dot my social media timeline. the metal beasts are lined up against an urban backdrop, a column of steel that stretches to the horizon. Sixteen years after moving from my birth country of China to the United States, I have learned to expect pictures like this to circulate every June. On the fourth day of that month in 1989, shortly before I was born, over 180,000 Chinese troops advanced into Beijing to crush a student-led pro-democracy demonstration. A photo from that day, of a lone man in a white shirt standing in front of a procession of tanks, became a global symbol of defiance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Dissent (0012-3846). 2025/10, Vol. 72, Issue 3, p25
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Political Science
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0012-3846
  • DOI:10.1353/dss.2025.a969559
  • Accession Number:188319793
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