Tank Man (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tank Man" in English language version.

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145nytimes.com

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41timesonline.co.uk

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32bbc.co.uk

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abc.net.au (Global: 120^th place; English: 70^th place)

"Timeline: ABC marks 40 years of reporting from China". ABC News. October 31, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

atnext.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

appledaily.atnext.com

"Wang Weilin by tank file". Apple Daily (in Chinese). June 2, 2006. p. A1. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

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"Picture Power:Tiananmen Standoff". BBC News. Retrieved October 7, 2005.

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"Leica China video sparks backlash over Tiananmen Square image". BBC News. April 19, 2019.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"Microsoft says error caused 'Tank Man' Bing censorship". BBC News. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
"Microsoft says error caused 'Tank Man' Bing censorship". BBC News. June 5, 2021.

bobwurth.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Capturing Asia". Books and Essays by Bob Wurth on the Asia Pacific Region. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Langely, Andrew (2009). Tiananmen Square: Massacre Crushes China's Democracy Movement. Compass Point Books. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7565-4101-9.
Munro, Robin; Spiegel, Mickey (1994). Detained in China and Tibet: a directory of political and religious prisoners. Asia Watch Committee. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-1-56432-105-3.

cbsnews.com (Global: 136^th place; English: 93^rd place)

Roth, Richard (June 4, 2009). "There Was No "Tiananmen Square Massacre" - CBS News". CBS News. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
"China's Leader Talks To 60 Minutes". cbsnews.com. August 31, 2000.
Alfano, Sean (June 4, 2009). "'Tank Man': The Picture That Almost Wasn't". CBS News.
"China's Leader Talks To 60 Minutes". cbsnews.com. August 31, 2000. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

cjr.org (Global: 4,659^th place; English: 2,556^th place)

Mathews, Jay. "The Myth of Tiananmen". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

cnn.com

Ables, Kelsey (August 7, 2019). "The forbidden images of the Chinese internet". CNN. Artsy. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.

edition.cnn.com

Chinoy, Mike; Yeung, Jessie (June 3, 2024). "The man in front of the tank: How journalists smuggled out the iconic Tiananmen Square photo". CNN. Retrieved June 5, 2024. I walked up to him and whispered, 'I'm from Associated Press, can you let me up to your room?' He picked up on it right away and said, 'Sure.' That young man was Kirk Martsen – an American exchange student who snuck Widener into his sixth-floor hotel room.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

Perez, Matt. "New Call Of Duty Trailer Censored In China Over Tiananmen Square Footage". Forbes.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

"Photographer Jeff Widener". BBC interview. 2014. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.
"Shao Jiang interview". Amnesty International (Video for the 25th anniversary ed.). Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2014. Photographer Stuart Franklin of Magnum, who captured one of the iconic images, witnessed the event from a fifth-floor balcony of the Beijing Hotel.
Saul, Heather (June 4, 2014). "Tiananmen Square 25th anniversary: What happened to Tank Man?". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
"The Tank Man (full film)". PBS. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.

govinfo.gov (Global: 1,755^th place; English: 831^st place)

Pitts, Joe. "Tiananmen Anniversary" 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page H6079 (June 3, 2009)

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

Saul, Heather (June 4, 2014). "Tiananmen Square 25th anniversary: What happened to Tank Man?". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2017.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Makinen, Julie (June 4, 2014). "Tiananmen Square mystery: Who was 'Tank Man'?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
"Man who defied tanks may be dead". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1990.

lyricsdepot.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

David Crosby and James Raymond. "Stand and Be Counted (lyrics)".

nbcnews.com (Global: 156^th place; English: 101^st place)

worldblog.nbcnews.com

Lewis, George (June 4, 2009). "Recalling the spirit of Tiananmen". Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2016.

nextmedia.com (Global: 1,032^nd place; English: 5,685^th place)

hk.apple.nextmedia.com

【六四坦克人】未死？不叫王維林名叫張為民 | 即時新聞 | 兩岸 | 20170719. July 22, 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

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Witty, Patrick (June 3, 2009). "Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen". The New York Times.
Witty, Patrick (June 4, 2009). "Behind the Scenes: A New Angle on History". The New York Times.

nytimes.com

Hernández, Javier C. (June 3, 2019). "30 Years After Tiananmen, 'Tank Man' Remains an Icon and a Mystery". The New York Times.

archive.nytimes.com

Witty, Patrick (June 3, 2009). "Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen". Lens Blog. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com

Didi Kirsten Tatlow (June 4, 2013). "Censored in China: 'Today,' 'Tonight' and 'Big Yellow Duck'". International New York Times IHT Rendezvous.

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; English: 176^th place)

Thomas, Antony (April 11, 2006). "The Tank Man". PBS. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
"The Tank Man transcript". Frontline. PBS. April 11, 2006. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
"Legacy of June Fourth". PBS.org. April 11, 2006.
"The Tank Man: Interview: Jan Wong". Frontline. PBS. April 11, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2010.

petapixel.com (Global: 9,113^th place; English: 5,639^th place)

Zhang, Michael (April 29, 2019). "Sorry, Leica: 'Tank Man' Was Shot on Nikon". PetaPixel.

pomona.edu (Global: low place; English: 6,461^st place)

Jones, Terril (2009). "Tank Man". Pomona College Magazine. 41 (1). Archived from the original on March 6, 2010.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Microsoft says error led to no matching Bing images for Tiananmen 'tank man'". Reuters. June 4, 2021.

rfi.fr (Global: 420^th place; English: 1,088^th place)

据传"坦克人"王维林已经找到，他名叫张为民，被判无期徒刑. RFI - 法国国际广播电台 (in Simplified Chinese). July 21, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

scmp.com (Global: 302^nd place; English: 189^th place)

"Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is censored over Tiananmen crackdown clip". South China Morning Post. August 25, 2020.

standard.co.uk (Global: 362^nd place; English: 200^th place)

Hitchings, Henry (May 29, 2013). "Chimerica, Almeida Theatre – theatre review". London Evening Standard. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

theglobeandmail.com (Global: 336^th place; English: 179^th place)

Wong, Jan. "Jan Wong, August 1988 - August 1994". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Ai, Weiwei (June 4, 2019). "The west is complicit in the 30-year cover-up of Tiananmen". The Guardian – Australia edition.
"Microsoft blocks Bing from showing image results for Tiananmen 'tank man'". the Guardian. June 5, 2021.
Beaumont, Peter (May 12, 2019). "Thirty years on, the Tiananmen Square image that shocked the world". The Guardian – Australian edition.

thehindu.com (Global: 72^nd place; English: 37^th place)

Srinivasan, Ranjani (May 16, 2022). "Daily Quiz - On protest movements". The Hindu. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

thehousenews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"回到塵土人間曾顯華訪談" [Arthur Tsang Hin Wah interview]. thehousenews.com. March 20, 2013. Archived from the original on March 23, 2013.

thesegalcenter.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Leahey, Kristin; Ngo, Joseph (2022). "The Dramaturgical Sensibility of Lauren Yee's The Great Leap and Cambodian Rock Band". Journal of American Drama & Theatre. 34 (2).

theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

Campbell, Ian Carlos (June 4, 2021). "Microsoft says Bing's 'Tank Man' censorship was a human error". The Verge. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

time.com (Global: 84^th place; English: 63^rd place)

content.time.com

Iyer, Pico (April 13, 1998). "The Unknown Rebel". Time. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

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"Time 100: The Most Influential Images of All Time". Time. November 6, 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

timesonline.co.uk (Global: 437^th place; English: 317^th place)

Macartney, Jane (May 30, 2009). "Identity of Tank Man of Tiananmen Square remains a mystery". The Times. London. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.

vice.com (Global: 247^th place; English: 175^th place)

"Bing Censors Image Search for 'Tank Man' Even in US". VICE.

vimeo.com (Global: 1,259^th place; English: 860^th place)

Kasabian (April 14, 2014). "Club Foot feat. Dinara Drukarova". Vimeo.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

Higgins, Andrew (January 20, 2012). "Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
Higgins, Andrew (January 20, 2012). "Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
Fisher, Max (June 4, 2013). "Fool's Errand: Why China Censors Rubber Duckies on Tiananmen Anniversary". The Washington Post.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Ables, Kelsey (August 7, 2019). "The forbidden images of the Chinese internet". CNN. Artsy. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
Macartney, Jane (May 30, 2009). "Identity of Tank Man of Tiananmen Square remains a mystery". The Times. London. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
"Wang Weilin by tank file". Apple Daily (in Chinese). June 2, 2006. p. A1. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009.
【六四坦克人】未死？不叫王維林名叫張為民 | 即時新聞 | 兩岸 | 20170719. July 22, 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
Jones, Terril (2009). "Tank Man". Pomona College Magazine. 41 (1). Archived from the original on March 6, 2010.
"回到塵土人間曾顯華訪談" [Arthur Tsang Hin Wah interview]. thehousenews.com. March 20, 2013. Archived from the original on March 23, 2013.
"Capturing Asia". Books and Essays by Bob Wurth on the Asia Pacific Region. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
Lewis, George (June 4, 2009). "Recalling the spirit of Tiananmen". Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
"Time 100: The Most Influential Images of All Time". Time. November 6, 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

worldpressphoto.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"1990 Photo Contest, World Press Photo of the Year, Charlie Cole". World Press Photo.

wsj.com (Global: 94^th place; English: 66^th place)

Tilley, Aaron (June 4, 2021). "Microsoft's Bing Temporarily Blocked Searches of Tiananmen Square 'Tank Man' Image". Wall Street Journal.

y-history.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Tiananmen Incident (Second)". June 9, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

youtube.com (Global: 13^th place; English: 14^th place)

"Photographer Jeff Widener". BBC interview. 2014. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.
"Shao Jiang interview". Amnesty International (Video for the 25th anniversary ed.). Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2014. Photographer Stuart Franklin of Magnum, who captured one of the iconic images, witnessed the event from a fifth-floor balcony of the Beijing Hotel.
"The Tank Man (full film)". PBS. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.
Willie Phua on Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 7.30 Report. ABC. November 29, 1996.

Tank Man (English Wikipedia)

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