Perhaps the most powerful image of the 20th century? No picture in the modern era better symbolizes the suffrage and struggle that exists in our world to this day. What became of him?
Frontline's piece on the lasting impact of one man's actions, per usual, is exceptional. From the events of that fateful day, to the booming financial hotbed that is China today, the producers have done a masterful job of linking "tank man" as the lynchpin of China's modern evolution.The transformation of China has proven to be a corporate relations' dream. Money has managed to sweep political reforms under the carpet, civil liberties are gladly pawned for Rolexes. The PRC's authoratative grip has adapted astonishingly, with the lucrative assistance of
Yahoo,
Google and so forth... Our everyday conveniences are inextricably tied to China in so many ways. Watching this gives me insight into the hand I play on the social order of China. Being Chinese myself, it resonates that much more. If you can pry yourself from the gripping drama of the latest marginalized regional rap thread, I
promise[/b] you this'll be worth your while, it is truly absorbing.please watch.
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I thought this was on a few weeks ago...
Ballz, This is what happens when you stop watching TV.
there was a rumour that his name is Wang Weilan and was killed shortly after, however no source has been able to verify this. Watch this though they cover that partially.
larry - The stream quality on PBS' servers are pretty decent, but if you're interested, there is a torrent up that you can dl.
took the words right out my mouth, hahaha!
Deng Xiaoping decided @ the outset of the '80s that the country would need to embrace a market economy if it would re-assume its role as the Middle Kingdom; in its mad rush to join the developed world, traditional roles and conventions have been displaced - the week long documentation chronicled by the Guardian over a year ago discussed this on a social scale... The momentum of the economy @ this juncture is contingent on the army of migrant workers, mostly from rural origins, poor, and really not in any way, shape or form enjoying the largesse of the fiscal revolution transpiring in the country... Jia Zhangke's 'The World' addresses this last point in a fictional account and the displacement of the soul of the country as it 'modernizes'...
Ask yourself this: what's better? Being able to see bland skyscrapers dotting the skyline or hutongs (which are being torn down in order to make way for the former) rich w/ character - I'm not advocating the previous political doctrine since it encourages a degree of complacency (Marx and Engels failed to account for human folly and behavior in their utopian treatise), but there's something to be said for the (mostly) all-encompassing Iron Rice Bowl policy as espoused by Mao's dictates...
THEY PROBABLY WON'T BANG IT
(good lookin on the link)
We all need to be doing this right now.
Cheers for the info. I'm getting the torrent right now.