"By putting his life on the line in front of his government's tanks, he provided not only one of the most memorable images of the last 35 years but one of the most inspiring too. The free China of the future owes him a statue or two."
— Tank Man

January 1, 1970

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"35 Heroes of Freedom: Celebrating the people who have made the world groovier and groovier since 1968," in Reason magazine (December 2003)