State Violence in East Asia
The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing''s Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government''s violence against its own people.
Throughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia ...
The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing''s Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government''s violence against its own people.
Throughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia ...