Stand Firm (2)
Series: Life Verses
Tony Thomas
Isaiah 7:9
Tiananmen Square is located in Beijing, China. It was built in 1651, it has since been enlarged four times, and it is a literal square that encompasses 100 acres of land covered in cement and decorative stone.
To enter you walk through the main gate to the Forbidden City. The square includes the Gate of Heavenly Peace, the Palace Museum, the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and the Great Hall where Congress meets.
But in May and June of 1989, thousands of students descended onto Tiananmen Square to protest against their government. China responded by suppressing that protest with brutal force! Martial Law was declared, and troops with assault rifles and tanks killed thousands of Chinese students and innocent citizens.
The reasons for the protests were simple to understand. The people were anxious about their immediate future, China's one-party system was facing a legitimate threat, the political elite felt threatened by the masses, and the students called for democracy, greater accountability and freedom of speech and press. Kind of sounds very American, doesn't it?
Then, out of nowhere, over a million protesters assembled on Tiananmen Square, and they stayed for days! Thousands of the students went on a hunger strike, the protests spread to 400 other cities, and 300,000 troops appeared on Tiananmen Square.
TIME magazine sent a photographer to Beijing to capture the protests. Liu Shing was initially selected for that assignment but he declined because he was Chinese and he fear for his life. Jeff Widener gladly volunteered.
On June 5, tanks rumbled down Tiananmen Square. Widener was resting in a hotel room that overlooked the square. He reached for his camera, changed his lens to zoom in on the action and was able to capture a single image.
One student out of a million took a stand on Tiananmen Square to block the progress of a tank! With a shopping bag in each arm, he stood like a sta ...
Series: Life Verses
Tony Thomas
Isaiah 7:9
Tiananmen Square is located in Beijing, China. It was built in 1651, it has since been enlarged four times, and it is a literal square that encompasses 100 acres of land covered in cement and decorative stone.
To enter you walk through the main gate to the Forbidden City. The square includes the Gate of Heavenly Peace, the Palace Museum, the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and the Great Hall where Congress meets.
But in May and June of 1989, thousands of students descended onto Tiananmen Square to protest against their government. China responded by suppressing that protest with brutal force! Martial Law was declared, and troops with assault rifles and tanks killed thousands of Chinese students and innocent citizens.
The reasons for the protests were simple to understand. The people were anxious about their immediate future, China's one-party system was facing a legitimate threat, the political elite felt threatened by the masses, and the students called for democracy, greater accountability and freedom of speech and press. Kind of sounds very American, doesn't it?
Then, out of nowhere, over a million protesters assembled on Tiananmen Square, and they stayed for days! Thousands of the students went on a hunger strike, the protests spread to 400 other cities, and 300,000 troops appeared on Tiananmen Square.
TIME magazine sent a photographer to Beijing to capture the protests. Liu Shing was initially selected for that assignment but he declined because he was Chinese and he fear for his life. Jeff Widener gladly volunteered.
On June 5, tanks rumbled down Tiananmen Square. Widener was resting in a hotel room that overlooked the square. He reached for his camera, changed his lens to zoom in on the action and was able to capture a single image.
One student out of a million took a stand on Tiananmen Square to block the progress of a tank! With a shopping bag in each arm, he stood like a sta ...
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