I feel sick, just so sick. I was brought to tears several watching this. I knew about the T. Square massacre, but we didn't even learn it in high school. THIS IS OF MASSIVE IMPORTANCE TO THE ENTIRE WORLD SITUATION. There will only be massive massive uprising in China and I fear the results.

big balls for a chinaman

Well we don't know what physicaly happened to him but one thing is sure we as individuals killed this messenger... We are backing those companies with our money, we are buying those products, we are helping this government so we are reponsible. Like M. Moore said we'll better leave a note to explain to future generations what we're doing because they will not understand...
ps: I can include myself in this "we" I bought some chinese manufactured stuff so I guess I participated in the killing of the messenger and the suffering of billions (some not yet born).

He is probably dead or in captivity, but like Che Guevara, its the biggest mistake the governing bodies can make, turning normal/small-time/believing people into, legends and martyrs...................
He will live forever as the doc says
R.I.P/Respect
To The Tank Man

WHAT A BRAVE MAN, china almost had freedom in 1989, if you look at how china is today. Still no freedom, I think the tank man and his whole family, relatives, friends were executed to keep a silent.

Fantastic documentary. I´d seen the picture before but never any film on it. Really interesting and in my opinion well made.

No, things are not as you see. You don't know the truth, and you don't know china.

Interesting documentary. The film maker claims that the Beijing Massacre, Tank Man and other mass demonstrations contributed to the current open market status and socioeconomic changes in China.
I found it an interesting correlation. However, some things don't change I guess. Government corruption, sweat shops, slave labor, corrupt managers and labor bosses and lack of human rights/human services still persist.
I visited Beijing just recently, in 2005 and their sociio/political landscape had changed in the urban areas and there is quickly spreading class disenfranchisement. Most Chinese people will say they are free to talk about anything there, BUT when I was in Beijing, I could see worried eyes when subjects such as human rights and the Beijing Massacre were brought up by Westerners like me.

After watching this documentary, it's clear to me that the Western IT and computer companies dealing in China and who are kowtowing to its Government, are nothing more than amoral mercenaries. They lower themselves to the level of arms dealers who say, I just sell the product, I’m not responsible for what people use them for.
Shame on all the companies mentioned in this doc.
And shame on us consumers, for knowing these things and blithely continuing to buy and use their products without at least sending them a message through a boycott. There are war crimes tribunals that deal with man's inhumanity to man, I think it is time we also have business crime tribunals that deal with corporation's inhumanity to mankind.
The Tank Man is the unsung hero and symbol for all time and all nations. Each year on Remembrance days around the world, people living in the free world should remember The Tank Man and what he represents for China and the world. Our freedoms, privileges, and rights can also disappear over night. As you read this, these very things are being eroded or revoked, and we're told its being done for our own good. Beware of governments that think it knows best what is good for the people.
Please remember to remind politicians with your vote, that we are still living in a democracy and won't stand for them messing with democracy for their benefit. Power corrupts and ultimate power...well you know the rest.
Dante
March 9 2008
Canada