WorldwideStandard.com: Airbrushing History and The Tank Man

In the spirit of President Hu's victory lap around the U.S., reader John Manley sends along two interesting links. This one searches for images of Tiananmen on Google.com, while this one does the same search on Google.cn.

By the way, no one knows what happened to the man, who Google.cn erases, in front of that tank. From Frontline's "The Tank Man":

About midday, as a column of tanks slowly moves along Chang'an Boulevard toward Tiananmen Square, an unarmed young man carrying shopping bags suddenly steps out in front of the tanks. Instead of running over him, the first tank tries to go around, but the young man steps in front of it again. They repeat this maneuver several more times before the tank stops and turns off its motor. The young man climbs on top of the tank and speaks to the driver before jumping back down again. Soon, the young man is whisked to the side of the road by an unidentified group of people and disappears into the crowd.

To this day, who he was and what became of him remains a mystery.

Perhaps someone at Boeing or Microsoft or Google can inquire as to what happened to this man after toasting the next business deal. I'm all for business investment but people like The Tank Man should not be forgotten.

"China Rocks"!